tst123U.S. inflation falls to 3%, lowest level in more than 2 years, as price pressures ease
BigFigI mean have prices come down at all?
notfromhereInflation never went negative, so no prices have gone down. Positive inflation ensures prices nearly always steadily rise. The article is saying the rate of inflation is the lowest it’s been for a while which means prices are rising at the slowest pace for a while.
well, if it went negative it becomes deflation
Yea I’m just pointing out that prices are not going to come down and will only keep going up albeit more slowly than before
ExecutiveStaplerI suppose you can point that out, but it's worth saying that the deflation that'd be required to decrease prices would be way more catastrophic than the semi high inflation we experienced. With deflation people are encouraged to keep their money in the bank instead of investing or spending, which means businesses lose profits and banks become more hesitant to lend, which means businesses fail and lay off workers, which means less consumer spending and investing and so on. Deflation leads to the economy collapsing while modest inflation leads to economic growth.