As time slowly passed, everything aboard the ship proceeded in an orderly manner. That was, until a sudden problem began to trouble Jason.
"Are people just saving more and more money?" Jason muttered to himself, rubbing his temples.
As the Noah's production capacity increased, the government naturally needed to raise the citizens' standard of living. Under the current prosperous conditions, it was no longer necessary for people to continue living so frugally.
The simplest way to improve their lives was to lower prices. The cost of basic necessities had begun to steadily decline; a meal that used to cost 10 Federation Credits might now only cost 5. Even the prices of luxury goods had started to drop, making them highly affordable.
In other words, a single Credit now had much higher purchasing power.
