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>Foreign investors jump into the housing market because the current system ensures that the supply some do, others just want to safely park capital away from t
by rasz 5y ago
>Foreign investors jump into the housing market because the current system ensures that the supply
some do, others just want to safely park capital away from their own government reach (China/Russia/various *stans/corrupted countries).
- mise_en_place 5y agoThe real reason is that those foreign investors are productive and have excess capital available to invest. They are from creditor nations, not debtor nations.
- rasz 5y agoIf you call local corruption productive.
- mise_en_place 5y agoYou cannot lie in the foreign exchange market. If you bs your productivity vis-a-vis loose money supply, your currency will rightly be worthless. The USD would usually be worthless too, it's just that due to Petrodollar system and reserve currency status, it's artificially propped up to be strong.
- imtringued 5y agoI hope you notice the irony in your comment. You praise the exporters while completely ignoring that imports must exist in equal proportion to exports.
- mise_en_place 5y ago> You praise the exporters while completely ignoring that imports must exist in equal proportion to exports. In a closed system with two economies, yes, true. But in reality, many nations either run a trade deficit (exports < imports), or a trade surplus (exports > imports)
- chaostheory 5y agoMark off China and Russia from the list. With Russia it's obvious, while for China, the CCP has clamped down on capital flight starting two years ago. They keep clamping down harder, which is a big reason they banned crypto https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3158048/china-extends-battle-lines-manage-capital-outflows-beijing https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3158048/c...