Neither one is at all desirable from the consumer's POV

consumers are worthy of respect than producers



either way, you spent the same amount of money buying four cans' worth
of
beans that *used* to buy you five cans' worth.

just the other day, a oil producer told me that he's sick and tired
of selling the same size barrel of oil to you for $40, when you keep
shrinking the value of the dollar by deficit spending