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[-] raze2012@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

relatively cheap money and growing incomes

where have you been the last 3 years? It's because assets have been outpacing inflation to the point where it's destablizing society. the American GDP is being carried by AI speculation. Not productivity: hype.

Meanwhile, compensation has only been outpacing inflation if you're an executive.

[-] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Median household income has increased about 18% since 2021. Source.

[-] raze2012@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Don't know why you're talking about income when I'm talking about assets.

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/09/acs-rent-burden.html

any gains in household income was completely cancelled out by the fact that everything got more expensive, and more people were impacted by layoffs. Homelessness also increased, and those without a home (or who move into their parents' home) do not count for household income

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