Austerity and Inequality - sticky prices
This is Figure 4 from Lancastle, N. (2012) 'Circuit Theory Extended: The Role of Speculation in Crises' based on Keen, S. (2010). Solving the Paradox of Monetary Profits.
http://www.economics-ejournal.org/economics/journalarticles/2012-34
If banks run down their reserves but prices do not fall, the model shows a decline in household spending and an increase in bank spending: austerity and inequality followed by a partial recovery.