alt Hacker News>The value of your savings is decreasing at a faster rate than ever before, so its a good time to stop saving and spend it?
Inflation does incentivize spending, yes. Would you rather have 100 kilos of rice today, or wait and have 99 kilos of rice tomorrow for the same price?
> Inflation does incentivize spending, yes.
All inflation incentivizes is finding an asset class that isn't devaluing. If that is what you mean by "spending" then we align. But does inflation incentivize spending money on depreciating assets? Only for fools.