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[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 40 points 2 months ago (9 children)

We had a 22 percent increase in domestic investment.

That's good, it really is, but that in and of itself doesn't mean much. Industrial production left the US for a reason. What's changed? The cost of living has only gone up, especially housing, which means the cost of domestic labor is still going to be much higher than many other countries, so how do these US producers plan to turn this new capital investment into a profitable enterprise? How are they going to profitably produce quality goods that Americans can actually afford? Are they only going to make luxury goods for the highest income Americans? If so, who's going to serve the middle and the bottom income levels?

[–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thing is the article says the actual domestic investment growth was 9.8%, not 22%.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Inventories was also most of that. Means less production in future quarters.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

exactly, that boost was to delay the inevitable crash that just around the corner

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