The winners from inflation are anyone with debt. If your mortgage was equivalent to 1000 loaves of bread yesterday, and it buys 500 loaves of bread today, you

The winners from inflation are anyone with debt. If your mortgage was equivalent to 1000 loaves of bread yesterday, and it buys 500 loaves of bread today, you just got a bunch of free money. This assumes wages keep pace with inflation; at the very low end of the spectrum (minimum wage) they probably don't, but for professionals, it seems like everyone has gotten inflation raises over the last couple years. Other than the sticker shock on the price of everything, it's not too bad for a lot of us.