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A comment on Bill Gross – Banking/finance “permanently damaged” [pdf]. Parent comment
Yes. Rising house prices powered the boom up to 2008. It was called the "wealth effect", but it was just inflation. That didn't end well.
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Yes. Rising house prices powered the boom up to 2008. It was called the "wealth effect", but it was just inflation. That didn't end well.