stackyFACTSFalling prices seem amazing until you realize everyone will just delay purchases forever assuming things will get cheaper tomorrow. Deflation causes an absolute freeze in consumer activity, driving business revenues into the ground. It creates a death spiral where a completely paralyzed market brings production to a grinding halt.
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