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Steno's Signals: Could Falling Inflation Lead to Layoffs?

Real Vision: Finance & Investing

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The Negative Effects of Inflation on Corporate Margins

Headline inflation drops to 2%. Then we're back in so-called positive territory for the real wage growth minus the development in prices at the shelf. But companies may start to struggle should inflation decline faster than wages. And therefore I'm not completely sure that a drop in inflation is good news overall for the private sector. It's obviously good news for the consumer but not necessarily for your employer so to speak.

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