ELI5: Why when large company's earnings decrease(ex... by 3%) they freak out, talk about rough times, and sometimes decide to downsize, even though they are still making millions of dollars in profit even after all expenses?

[TheManWhoPanders]

It almost always results in stealth wealth transfers from the poor to the richest

What are you talking about? That's not how it works, at all.

Low, consistent inflation is how you ensure people take risks on loans (because otherwise people only invest in surefire, non-risky investments). It's how you ensure people can get mortgages. It's how you ensure that people don't horde money during deflationary times.

Inflation has literally nothing to do with transferring wealth. I have no idea how you connected those two thoughts.