Doesn't look that bad to be honest. Was thinking the same. But shops are full. Rent rates are (at least in Germany) very are. Restaurants are filled with people. So far it somehow works.
Of course if Italy defaults or something like this it might be over.
That is basically everywhere the case. So don't see anything new or scarry here. The elite rules. jack ma is a good example outside of the eu / usa.
I mean it is always a game of manipulation. Also here, you get some benefits if your currency is low. So you can export kind of "cheaper". Europe, China and US have been playing this kind of games for a while. I think we can both agree that yuan is undervalued. Just see how much a tesla costs there and how much it costs in europe or usa.
Europe is in the light of its own experience of the 20th century, to once again put itself in a position of entrenched destructive inflation. Consider the long-term political and social consequences we have yet to see.
An excerpt from George Goodman's book "Paper Money" for an example:
It's all there and available from every book written about the time, and history is about to repeat itself.
Also:
https://www.myrmikan.com/pub/Myrmikan_Research_2023_01_13.pdf
The money supply is shrinking. Accumulated debts cannot be paid. The looming recession will force the FED to print regardless of the inflation rate!
- the old debt was always repaid with a new one
- there will be stimulus again
- FED it must go brrrrrrr to infinity or die
We are at the end of this cycle.