> and yet the post-2009 economic expansion is the longest ever, and this is in spite of all the anxieties over tariffs and trade wards and the fed raising rates

> and yet the post-2009 economic expansion is the longest ever, and this is in spite of all the anxieties over tariffs and trade wards and the fed raising rates. The economic expansion outside in the Eurozone is already over and that's despite interests rates going lower and lower. The Fed is done raising rates and it's exactly because the markets absolutely tanked in 2018 with the prospect of rising interest rates. > There are tons of examples on Reddit of people in their 20s and 30s with homes and investments. Why don't you look at a statistic instead of Reddit? > Rather than a wealth transfer ,which suggests a zero sum game, more wealth is being created. Low rates makes it easier to get a mortgage and compound wealth by owning a home. Rising prices do not equal an increase in wealth. If you pay double the price for the same home at a low interest rate, that's still a huge markup. If the prices fall, you will lose big time. The expectation is that prices can't fall because interest rates will not be allowed to rise. However, CPI inflation can still catch up to asset price inflation, it just hasn't happened yet.