What consumption degradation have you observed?

20 18 The whole network is saying that it is the first year of consumption degradation. From the sudden emergence of Pinduoduo, to the popularity of various words such as "invisible poor people", it seems that showing off wealth has become completely out of fashion now, and it has become a world where everyone cries poverty. From my own observation, it seems that people around me suddenly begin to know how to tighten their belts, but at the same time, they have to say that inflation is exaggerated. All aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation are silently raising prices.

First of all, I used to take a taxi when I went out. From the time of the subsidy war, I inexplicably formed the impression that taking a taxi seemed cheaper than taking a taxi, but I gradually found that it was wrong. Why can I take a taxi to Chaoyang Joy City, 5 kilometers away, and take a taxi to 30? In Beijing, it's seventy or eighty or hundreds. A taxi can cost two or three thousand yuan a month.

Then I said that the rent in Beijing is getting higher every year. In the past, you could rent a room and a living room for 3000 yuan. Now, one room and one living room start at 5,000 yuan, not to mention that I am still a poor suburb of the East Fifth Ring Road. One-third to one-half of the monthly salary contributes to the rent. Think about it. This money is not as good as paying the mortgage, but it can't afford the down payment. It is completely sunk cost and has not brought any appreciation or appreciation for itself.

Finally, talk about eating. Now a takeaway is 30 yuan per person. Hungry, the delivery fee is always 10 yuan and 15 yuan. The restaurant next door used to be heartbroken by one person 100, but now I feel that I can't eat anything 100.

The above is the inflation phenomenon I have observed, but personally, it is because of this inflation that consumption has been downgraded. When the money earned is almost the same, the same quality of life has to pay more, so there is no choice but to scrimp and save, forming a so-called consumption downgrade.