>>513840686
It is. Pandemic inflation was largely tied to all the boomers retiring/ early retiring, because the media told them they'd die if they caught the coof. Companies & organizations had to go on a hiring frenzy to replace them, and wages shot through the roof.

Boomers are the biggest consumer demographic (in the US), so they're still demanding goods and services, but they aren't making goods and services, because they've retired. We end up with too many dollars chasing too few goods and services -- inflation. An 18 year old econ undergraduate with a 100 IQ understands this.

Unless you have some magic solution to increase birth rates, this problem will continue to get worse. I notice you offer exactly zero solutions in your post.

The housing market is absolutely fucked without more people, btw, and if you're in construction, you'd be a complete fucking moron to think shrinking populations are good for business.