The CPI is NOT Dropping. The amount of increase is slowing.
Mostly due to fracking in the USA catching up to demand.
Point taken. My point is that inflation always has a 2% target - because dropping below 0% into "disinflation" (recession) is a much worse outcome for the American consumer.
Existing loans become very difficult to service, along with massive job loss.
Multitudes of bankruptcies occur - with the underlying assets (wealth) confiscated by the banks.
Gee - it's "almost" like they plan the cycle to play out the way it is...
If people truly understood debt-based money and the labor servitude they have put themselves into then it would be quite the awakening...