Anticipating falling prices, households could postpone their consumption decisions, and companies could defer investment, pushing the economy into a downward spiral from which it would be very difficult to escape.
Domácnosti by v očekávání klesajících cen mohly odkládat svá spotřebitelská rozhodnutí a firmy by mohly odkládat investice, což by vyslalo ekonomiku na sestupnou spirálu, z níž by jen velmi těžko unikala.