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❤️ 15/15

Start with "the boba that got more expensive"

Three years ago the bubble tea you drank all the time cost 15 yuan; today the same cup is 18 yuan. Same cup, more money out of your pocket.

Look at it another way: back then 100 yuan bought about 6 cups, now it only buys a little over 5. You don't have less money—your money just buys less.

🔆Think of money as a ruler. Inflation is that ruler quietly getting shorter—the number hasn't changed, but it measures out less than it used to.

This ability—"how much stuff the same money can buy"—is called purchasing power. When prices rise across the board, purchasing power falls.