Nobody’s buying homes, nobody’s switching jobs, America’s mobility is stalling

Re:Nobody’s buying homes, nobody’s switching jobs, America’s... by sidewndr46 on Thursday August 14, 2025 @10:53PM (#44908135)

You'd have to have some guarantee that the government would never alter the amount of inflation they create for that to be reasonable

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Re:Nobody’s buying homes, nobody’s switching jobs, America’s... by charlie0 on Thursday August 14, 2025 @11:02PM (#44908171)

No one can guarantee that but if you place your dollars into assets, those assets will inflate.

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Re:Nobody’s buying homes, nobody’s switching jobs, America’s... by Uvix on Thursday August 14, 2025 @11:13PM (#44908236)

Except when they don't, like Japan's stock market from 1989-2024.

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Re:Nobody’s buying homes, nobody’s switching jobs, America’s... by charlie0 on Friday August 15, 2025 @09:14AM (#44912027)

Japan has had relatively low inflation until recently.

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Re:Nobody’s buying homes, nobody’s switching jobs, America’s... by sidewndr46 on Friday August 15, 2025 @09:54PM (#44919399)

Then you have a bunch of assets, not money.

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