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by riku_iki 2818 days ago
It pushes currency holders to hold currency in their pockets to gain interest (sell it later for more), and not put it to economy's circulation.
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That's a quite simplistic Keynesian view of economics. Economy != money changing hands. Savings are necessary for economic growth as they represent unspent resources in the economy that can be put into long-term projects and investments.
That's the thing with deflation: money holders don't have incentive to put it into "long-term projects".
Do the money holders keep their money in their house? Or do they keep it in banks? What the banks do with the money? Nothing? Or lend it to new businesses/invest it?