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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 91 points 1 day ago (4 children)

He'll issue an executive order establishing that the market can only go up

[–] CCMan1701A@startrek.website 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Change to down color to green.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago

That's how it works in China

[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 52 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He disbanded the US government agency that develops the annual GDP numbers. Guess how they'll figure those out next year?

If you guessed "we'll make some up that are higher than last year" then you're spot on.

[–] jimjam5@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

Making up figures/numbers … smh. Nineteen eighty-four gets more relevant by the day.

[–] Death__BySnuSnu@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The numbers will go up. Nobody knew they could go up. It's unheard of.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago

Remember, immigration is down by over 100%!

[–] MyMotherIsAHamster@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 day ago

Signing those with his big-boy Sharpie is about al he knows about actually governing lol

[–] Joeffect@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I mean for the longest time it only has gone up... And that's not sustainable

https://www.macrotrends.net/1319/dow-jones-100-year-historical-chart

[–] Lyrl@lemm.ee 3 points 12 hours ago

If it's representing value produced by a population, and that population is both growing in numbers and finding ways for each person to be more productive, it makes sense for the index to go up. The current drop in stock markets is not related to either population decline nor to some widespread productivity hit, meaning sustainability isn't the problem at hand.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Ultimately, it's a numerical abstraction. A number can always go up. It does not mean it's materially better than the number from last year, just that the number is bigger. When inflation goes high but people's investments do not, that indicates bad stuff.

If inflation and wages and investments and savings all go up consistently, it's not necessarily unsustainable, it's just quirky math.

[–] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Perfect time to buy