• iopq@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      People spending all their savings is a consumer confidence indicator. Almost never a recession indicator

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        6 months ago

        But if they’ve spent all their savings they might not have money for things like a mortgage going forward

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          6 months ago

          Unemployment is still very low, there’s likely not enough people in that kind of situation to have a significant impact on the housing market.

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      I thought for sure the housing market would implode after the moratorium for evictions during COVID expired.

      I was wrong. Corporations just own too much real estate for something like that to make a dent.