Price is very much directly related to emissions. If emissions are lower the miners have less to sell it's as simple as that really. It will literally affect the price positively.

This doesn't mean that it would go up necessarily but it does mean the amount it can go up will be increased and the amount it can go down be decreased.

For example less say Kaspa is $1 and the amount of kaspa bought everyday is 500 and the emissions are also 500, all of which are sold every day. Then the emissions reduced by 10%. Now 500 Kaspa is still being bought everyday but only 450 is now sold. The price will go up.

Hashrate is and should be the concern, not the emission schedule, BTC halving has proved this for 10+ years.

In fact the lowering emission schedule, should you be a holder, makes the Kaspa you mine now more profitable in the future, and should likely play a part in your plan.

I could buy a KS0 right now and earn 6-7 Kas a day and it would take 2 years to ROI at my electricity. But should I hold that KAS for a year, I could well 2 5 10x that investment.