TBH I don't see the economy being bad, it is different though.

The real problem is the people selling stuff for 1 gil when they get 2 gil for it from a merchant and the massive undercutting some are doing
It feels more like real world American economics, huge price differences depending on the time of day and where you shop and people cant afford homes alone anymore, either than that its somewhat stable, I myself can make somewhere between 20-100k a week depending on my effort level and no im not a huge eco gamer anymore PotBS burned me out on that after 2 solid years of spreadsheets...I just dabble.