• The house price boom is getting boomier. Is there still a cost of living crisis?

  • Oct 19 2024
  • Length: 29 mins
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The house price boom is getting boomier. Is there still a cost of living crisis?

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  • Irish house prices are now well in excess of their pre-financial crisis peaks.


    Is the only thing that will get them down an old fashioned recession? More supply is certainly needed but it is far from clear that more houses equals lower prices - other things are not equal


    Why do we still bang on about a cost of living crisis when inflation has fallen towards zero? If not actually zero. May be the answer is really simple: in the US (and probably elsewhere) food and energy price inflation reached 40% in 2022 - higher even than during the great energy shock of 1973.


    Europe has more problems than lower interest rates can solve


    Even if people have more letters after their name than are in their name, they are still capable of saying daft things.

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