Why don't construction prices go down?

The main problem is the loss of monetary value. 200 DM are no longer 100 euros but only 30 euros. You still haven't understood that primarily it is not the prices that have risen but that you get less and less for the money, in this case euros.

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Croatia is the best example. With the introduction of the euro in 2023, all prices exploded. And many things more than doubled. Practically overnight. Because the Croats tied themselves to a broken soft currency.

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With the DM we were respected all over the world and it was correspondingly cheap for us due to our stable currency. Today we have Italian, French or Greek conditions.

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Please provide evidence for your statements.

The main problem is the devaluation of money. 200 DM are no longer 100 euros but only 30 euros. You still haven't understood that primarily the prices haven't risen but you get less and less for the money, in this case euros.

I had to read the text three times before I realized what nonsense it is. - Devaluation of money is another word for inflation - Both basically mean that prices rise faster than disposable income - Or is it the case that you used to get a product for 200 DM and today for the same price only half, that the price hasn't risen but only the quantity was reduced? That would be devaluation of money and not inflation? LOL. It sounded interesting at first but turned out to be total nonsense. Complete nonsense.

A purely random article from today's issue of [NZZ]. Anyone can look it up themselves, linking is not allowed here.

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The fact that the Swiss economy is more successful than the German one is also due to the franc: A strong independent currency helps to create more prosperity. The Germans have recklessly squandered this trump card.

All clear!

I have heard that in the slums in Johannesburg, all the corrugated iron huts belong to the residents. Ownership rate 100%.

There is inflation once nominal (simply the price increase in % compared to the previous year) and once real (price increase in % compared to the previous year adjusted for the increase in the income basket).

For the economy, the latter is decisive, because if people can buy, that generates revenue on the sellers' side. And for how much I can afford, the latter is also decisive.

One should read the book by Hape Kerkeling, who describes his youth in the Ruhr area in the 1970s here. It was a hopeful youth with dreams and possibilities. Of course, despite working parents, he was embedded in far less material prosperity than a minimum wage earner today. What you can buy today with the "devalued" money is quite odd. Or... the story is not true. So the one about the constant loss of purchasing power, not the one about Kerkeling.

A purely random article from today's edition of the NZZ. Everyone can look it up themselves, linking is not allowed here.

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That the Swiss economy is more successful than the German one is also due to the franc: a strong independent currency contributes to more prosperity. The Germans have carelessly lost this trump card.

All clear!

And that is just wrong calculation in the very basics of economics: the currency strengthens because of the good economy, not the other way around. The fact that things are going badly in Germany is due to the harshly defended investment brake, which eventually broke the coalition government. Of course, the savings gap from private individuals and companies simply cannot be filled. Then you just live with the consequences.
But well, we had a finance minister who is not allowed to understand that from a party that does not want to understand it.

A purely random article from today’s edition of the NZZ. Anyone can look it up themselves, linking is not allowed here.

I quote!

That the Swiss economy is more successful than the German one is also due to the franc: A strong independent currency contributes to more prosperity. The Germans have carelessly squandered this trump card.

All clear!

How about, instead of some random articles – for a change now about Switzerland – some statements regarding our comments on the nonsense you have come up with?