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minus-squaredondelelcaro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·2 months agoDeflationary periods may be helpful to those with large amounts of cash or cash equivalents, which generally isn’t the working class. Wage growth outpacing inflation helps the working class more.
minus-squareubergeek@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down4·2 months ago Wage growth outpacing inflation helps the working class more. Except, by design, that will not happen, not for longer than a few quarters or so. Why do you think there is a push to get people back in the office?
Deflationary periods may be helpful to those with large amounts of cash or cash equivalents, which generally isn’t the working class. Wage growth outpacing inflation helps the working class more.
Except, by design, that will not happen, not for longer than a few quarters or so.
Why do you think there is a push to get people back in the office?