Away With The Fairies wrote: » Are we due another recession? The last one and I don't think we fully recovered. Big cities are ok but certainly in small towns and villages and they haven't recovered. The last one, there were so much job losses. There was something every day. 500 jobs yesterday and 320 job losses reported in the news. Is this the start of another recession?
weldoninhio wrote: » The next one will be a lot worse that the first one.
MrAbyss wrote: » But let's make make fun of 'Dumpft' and sing eternal sonnets of unconditional devotion in the direction of the EU Commission.
Sky King wrote: » What are you basing this on?
Haven Massive Iron wrote: » Nobody likes to see a recession, but we do need a return to normal. Things like interest rates, sane stock and bond markets, etc.
MrAbyss wrote: » The EU in now in a very serious 3rd quarter downturn in a row. Being basically hidden from the news here. The USA is booming with record economic and job creation growth off the scale. But let's make make fun of 'Dumpft' and sing eternal sonnets of unconditional devotion in the direction of the EU Commission.
Edgware wrote: » Don't worry. Greta and the gang will save us all with their organic cow****s recipes
MrAbyss wrote: » We joined the EU and went for slavery instead.
OneEightSeven wrote: » We never got to enjoy any recovery because of the flood of cheap immigrants labour pushing up house prices and depressing wages. As soon as our economy recovered, we went straight into a housing crisis. I don't remember that happening in the late-90s.
weldoninhio wrote: » The next one will be a lot worse that the first one. Hopefully coming soon and will reset Treasure Ireland. We are being fleeced.
riffmongous wrote: » Got to get those agendas in there eh lads
cherryghost wrote: » I don't hope for mass wave of unemployment on anyone
MrAbyss wrote: » Have no comeback eh Cabasti Ni Funnuchan?
riffmongous wrote: » But only for a few years until things get out of control again, Ireland's just doesn't seem to be able or willing to manage itself responsibly. Not that we're alone in that either though
Haven Massive Iron wrote: » The housing crisis wasn't caused by immigrants. Central banks like the ECB and the Federal Reserve have created a low-interest-rate world that makes investing in bonds unattractive. So institutional investors who used to invest heavily in the bond market (e.g., pension funds) have been looking for other kinds of investments that produce better returns than bonds but more stable returns than stocks. They've been pumping more and more money into real estate investment trusts (REITs), which have been snapping up property to meet demand. So now Joe and Mary, when buying a house, have to compete not only with other homebuyers but with some of the world's biggest institutional investors, who have billions to pump into the market. Immigrants are not the cause of this. Central bankers are. If they raised interest rates, institutional investors would go back to bonds and the housing market wouldn't be so overheated.