This One Country Doesn't Have an Inflation Problem

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In this video we help you to be more knowledgeable about inflation by looking at countries, most notably Switzerland, that have bucked the global trend in 2022 by reporting tame inflation numbers. We look into what Switzerland did right and what other countries can learn from them.
0:00 - 2:09 Intro
2:10 - 4:30 What is inflation?
4:31 - 6:20 Masterworks
6:21 - 7:30 European inflation
7:31 - 9:04 CPI basket
9:05 - 10:10 Switzerland inflation
10:11 - 11:10 Swiss Franc
11:11 - 13:15 Trade intensity
13:16 What can we learn from Switzerland?
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I love how a lot of serious channels on topics like the economy and foreign policy are perfectly willing to shill for something that is likely another bubble, basically detached for the physical economy.

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Creating a ‘false sense of scarcity’ is scammer strategy 101. Companies offering high quality product don’t use the kind of sales pitch on show here. It tells you everything you need to know about Masterworks. It’s surprising KZbinrs with a fairly legitimate reputation are interested in tying their name to it

[@user-vk2gz2dl9p]

6:43 Just a side note: This map shows the boundaries of the EU, not which countries use the Euro

[@laryjr1830]

Yup only just learned there's a difference between the EU and the Eurozone

[@LilleyAdam]

Heh. In another video he talked about Australia while showing the New Zealand flag

[@vatsalsrivastav5195]

@@LilleyAdam while being an Australian

[@LilleyAdam]

Indeed. Top quality troll. Or he pays someone to do the video fill.

[@AquilaChryaetos]

Saw Sweden on the map, and directly looked for this comment

[@ricequackers]

It's not that Switzerland has low inflation, it's just that the rest of the world is catching up when it comes to prices 😁

[@max3446]

not salaries though :/

[@jroig824]

A bit stereotypical to mention only banks, watches and chocolate. Switzerland has also world class robotics, tech, pharma, transportation and nutrition industries. Also a world leader in R&D and innovation. It is quite impressive what this small country is capable of.

[@abelsuisse9671]

In fact, by far the largest swiss exports are chemicals and pharmaceutical products.

[@sven_86]

yeah I felt that too. I just put in a pretty large order for ABB robots for my company just a few weeks back heh.

[@farhan3296]

exactly! EE has been subpar lately with its research. Like how can you talk about its industries and not mention the pharmas and tech industries?

[@eaterdrinker000]

@@farhan3296 : Any schmo can watch CNBC videos for that stuff. EE is like a "basic" economics class!

[@farhan3296]

@@eaterdrinker000 EE wasn’t like this though, it used to be pretty thorough. As for CNBC, I would rather read than watch their videos. Their editing is pretty dross for an outlet that big.

[@FlintIronstag23]

Switzerland has a GDP of $813 billion and Ireland had a GDP of $398 billion, but he gave both countries a 7 in that category. Seems like Switzerland deserved an 8.

[@tugasnake]

I agree, Switzerland should have got at least an 8 in that category.

[@Phil_br]

Proportionally both countries are not far away because in Switzerland there’s more population so the GDP is higher.

[@FlintIronstag23]

@@Phil_br Switzerland had a GDP Per Capita of $93,457 and Ireland had $80,410. Both are definitely high, but they both got a 10 in that category, even though Switzerland's is $13k higher. It's a limitation of the ranking system. If he used decimal numbers, like Ireland gets a 9.4 and Switzerland a 9.8 for GDP per capita, it would make it more accurate.

[@franknwogu4911]

He's talking about GDP is general, 800 billion is not crazy big for a GDP. There are nations will trillions and tens of trillions.

[@ironcito1101]

@@FlintIronstag23 In fact, he could use the actual numbers to make a formula for the ranking.

[@huleboermannhule44]

Sweden don't use the Euro, they use the swedish krone. There is a difference between EU, Eurozone, Europe, EEA and Schengen area, although they overlap greatly. Other countries wrongly labeled are: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Poland and Romania.

[@badass6300]

Bulgaria's Lev is tied to the Euro. We just call it Lev, so in the case of a terrible crisis we can decouple it from the euro and debase our currency to do some monetary policies. 1 lev = 1.95euro, no matter what happens.

[@greggr8640]

+ the swiss flag is square, not rectangle

[@_Hans_]

+ Swiss chocolate is overrated

[@kommentator1157]

@@greggr8640 every square is a rectangle

[@kommentator1157]

@@_Hans_ wrong

[@thomasyun423]

I love how whenever you mention Michigan you put in a shot of Chicago which is very much not in Michigan

[@MarkusSeppalaPresents]

Isä that as well. But I give the benefit of the doubt and say Lake Michigan is correct.

[@joebarrera334]

He knows. He does it to get people to comment about the "error". Did it work?

[@MarkusSeppalaPresents]

@@joebarrera334 Great strategy!

[@LilleyAdam]

He put a NZ flag when talking about Australia in another vid. Maybe he's trolling.

[@Kromiball]

@@LilleyAdam He is Australian, most likely a troll

[@WitchVulgar]

EE: everyone watch this video and how art is used for money laundering Also EE: today's video is sponsored by Masterworks

[@justinclark9258]

How do you trust an economist that pushes art as an investment?

[@Kenadian2006]

You don't.

[@wirmansyahchandrawijaya407]

he needs to make ends meet too.

[@rickrank321]

@@wirmansyahchandrawijaya407 Sure, but there are better ways than peddling a start-up company that taps the popularity and perceived authority of certain youtubers to falsely represent/blatantly misconstrue the nature of the product to prey on retail investors for revenue.

[@YeahWellShutUp]

It's the name of the game. Also, is fine art going up in value not more or less contingent on income inequality rising?

[@redhidinghood9337]

He's not an economist. Real ones debunked his videos for their subjectivity and narrative-pushing, with low research standards. You can see Money & Macros video about EE. M&M is an actual professor of econ at multiple unis so he knows his sht

[@Phil_br]

In Switzerland the real inflation is higher than the official one. The real estate price is not included because it’s considered as investment and not a spending. In average the energy prices increased more than 30%

[@mishuxpakaoddyn]

And healtcare increased a bit...

[@wirmansyahchandrawijaya407]

they're probably like whatever since they are rich af.

[@NathanQuinteiro]

Yes, but as it is well explained in the video, energy cost represent a very low share of the cost for the average swiss family relative to other countries, so this legitimately has a limited impact on the overall inflation. Median salary in CH is 5-10x higher that some countries in eastern Europe and we still have cheaper electricity than most of those countries as end consumers, so a 30% increase of electricity price in CH will have 10x less impact on the CPI than in those countries

[@kireetiSree]

Inflation on real estate is not a bad deal and can provide hedge required. Albeit varies from property to property.

[@SwissFech]

@@NathanQuinteiro not true at all my friend

[@erlannalan]

Hey man, just an opinion, i think your old logo is really much more memorable and recognizable. Not many youtuber have your kind of color and also your double 'E' for your abbreviation of your channel name. Your current logo make you unfamiliar and also almost indistinguishable from some 'innovation' and 'engineering' channel because of the connotation of lamp. My suggestion is you should try make a community post vote whether your viewer is recognize or liking your new logo. Still love your content

[@SKAOG21]

Agree with the community poll idea, this new logo looks way more generic

[@davidlee8303]

australian guy says Michigan, and keeps showing photos of Illinois.. Kangaroo guy stay in your lane.

[@williamchristy9463]

@@davidlee8303 Michigan doesn't deserve actual representation, even by Australians.

[@tjvegan197]

AGREED!

[@jakubperiut7960]

Agreed

[@bluespace6199]

EE: Talks about Michigan Also EE: Shows stock footage of Chicago Illinois

[@elvaccio22]

Just as a side note on the whole Masterworks discussion: the animation at 6:44 shows an animation of Sweden being part of the Euro-zone, and all though we are part of EU we still use the Swedish Krona.

[@NotASummoner]

Our neighbours Denmark uses their own krona aswell.

[@khalidalali186]

So does Norway.

[@francisluglio6611]

He also seems to think that Chicago is in Michigan

[@SilviuDobrica]

Same for Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria... HUF, RON and BGN, not EUR

[@valdzus]

As a latvian, I would like to see full video about Latvia and its economics rollercoaster

[@atoth62]

Of course Latvia would get a 10/10 out of every category,...or else. EDIT: Oops, thought you were talking about Latveria. Sorry.

[@dragonchii]

Please show the return of Art with recessions involved for the past century. The graph shown was up to 2008. Furthermore, it would have been nice to see a disclaimer for that shameless plug for MasterWorks.

[@luvirini]

The big reason why they do not have inflation problem is that everything is already very expensive there, so say a 10% raise in raw material prices in the international market will be a much smaller part of the cost of a total product there compared to countries with lower overall cost structures.

[@juniewelton]

Interesting concept.

[@BrewsBrothersCT]

Hi EE, a couple times towards the beginning of the video you talked about Michigan, but you were showing the Chicago skyline which is in Illinois. Great video regardless. Cheers!

[@IAMNOTGOODWITHCOMPUT]

Probably accidentally got a Lake Michigan picture instead of a Michigan state picture

[@apfelninja]

Out of all the places I've travelled, Switzerland is hands down my favorite country to go to. Everything they do and make is awesome. They absolutely deserve all of the praise you can give for human craftmanship.

[@asimhusain8087]

Yes their watches ⌚️ are great but now the cellphone has the time, dates 📅 and calculators does anybody need a watch anymore

[@apfelninja]

@@asimhusain8087 you should try their food. And the woodworking!

[@asimhusain8087]

@@apfelninja thanx for the suggestion ben I'll keep this in mind I've heard there cheese 🧀 is great

[@elladapetrosyan9610]

I found it very beautiful, very safe, very clean and awesome, but very...boring. Have visited it many times. Esp. the French part is...boring. Everything is closed after 7pm, everybody is at home. Other than that, great country.

[@sterneis1]

swiss🇨🇭 saying „we are too poore to buy cheap shoes“

[@chicagolongboarder]

Love all your videos, and content. Not to be annoying or a nuisance, but the stock footage you were showing for "Michigan" was actually Chicago, Illinois 😅

[@jriver226]

Wouldn't be surprised if he went off of lake Michigan for that and said good enough

[@chicagolongboarder]

@@jriver226 probably

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Art is not an investment, it’s speculation -Seth Klarman

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The masterworks thing sounds like tangible NFTs. I envision the masterworks project imploding in a similar way, for similar reasons. What happens when a person pours vinegar or superglues their face or buttcheeks to the art piece you “own”? Other than that, I believe this video was very informative & am glad your team uploaded it. Take care, everyone.

[@nafrost2787]

15:54 the growth figure in my opinion is way too high. You said in the past that growth is measured on a 10 years basis, and if you measure growth that way, then switzerland had an annual growth rate of around 1%. This growth should not give switzerland 7/10.

[@kevinw2592]

World band most recent data gave them growth of 1.2 in 2019. For a ranking of 7. Canada in 2019 had 1.9 for a ranking of 2. This is not a scientific ranking system, but a personal feeling system.

[@mcjmagic]

As a Swiss person, the end of this video feels like getting exam results, or revealing a poker hand. Very exciting.

[@NathanQuinteiro]

Exactly my feeling, I'm ashamed to admit I felt really nervous. Overall agree with the ranking, except for Industry. As I understand it, GDP is the only absolute grade granted, while others are more per-capita based. If that is the case Switzerland should have a 9-10 given the degree of Industrialisation. There's much more than bank, watches and chocolate in Switzerland. Revenues from the pharma industries rivals those three combined. Machinery too. When a country manages to maintain the same rate of industrialization as Germany while their workers demands 2-3 times the salary, you must raise the standard of production to an astounding level and justify the markup to your customers, and the country has been doing so consistently for decades now.

[@craigboyle6364]

@@NathanQuinteiro His rating system means very little tbh it’s quite subjective and without logic

[@anonymousbloke1]

@@NathanQuinteiro Switzerland is an important arms producer in the world (Sig Sauer) and also has important European agencies in it that dictate where capital flows and also attract capital (CERN) so yeah, quite a bit more than chocolate and luxury goods. Especially since stuff like chocolate that they produce is actually rather affordable and I doubt it contributes *that* much to Swiss economy

[@illyrian9976]

As someone living in Switzerland, I have to say that this is absolutely not true. It was pretty expensive here before and is only getting worse, stores are upping their prices monthly.

[@brunoheggli2888]

Inflation only hurts people who cant get at least the invlation rate added to their sallery!It dosent matter if you have 10% inflation and you get 10% more money,or yiu only have 3% inflation and you get 3% more money!

[@klosnj11]

@@brunoheggli2888 that ignores the changes in value of savings vs the changes in value of debt. High inflation (equalized with inflated wages) aids those who have more debt and harms those responsible enough to have saved. This created the incentive to spend now and spend fast, driving inflation even higher.

[@brunoheggli2888]

@@klosnj11 You need a strong social net because most people just cant make rational desitions so they need a saftynet to protect them from themself

[@johnnybanana8004]

grüezi👋

[@abelsuisse9671]

I'm not sure you watched the video. The reported inflation is slightly above 3%, he didn't claim there's no inflation, just that it is very significantly below that of other developed economies. Your personal anecdotal evidence may only justify one of the 'flaws' the video points out to, which is the measure of CPI as an average basket of goods and services which may not reflect your personal basket of goods and services. My personal evidence as a Genevan citizen who regularly shops in Geneva as well as across the border in France, is that indeed inflation at home is significantly lower.

[@yashagar4443]

You are partly wrong there are two types of inflation demand pull and cost push....in the latter kind of inflation is not cost by supply shock but exponential growth of credit diverting to consumption.Although to your credit on a local level that is how the national catastrophe manifests itself but the root cause in this scenario still remains cheap credit.

[@davidlee8303]

australian guy says Michigan, and keeps showing photos of Illinois.. Kangaroo guy stay in your lane.

[@kireetiSree]

Cheap credit affects deman pull inflation, not cost push.

[@ReturnOfHeresy]

Everything about inflation was a mess.

[@fynngachter7758]

As a swiss i‘m pretty grateful for the economical stability we have in Switzerland

[@KinginCanada]

It's tough to share these videos with some people I'd like to because anyone new to the channel, skeptical to begin with, or not well versed in the KZbin ecosystem is just going to be turned off when the video sneakily slips into a Masterworks advert. Instead of an educator they just see someone try to hock something scammy.

[@TheBuckweat33]

It is hilarious irony that the average economics explained viewer is smart enough to see right through the average economics explained sponsorship.

[@matthewlaw5107]

inflation is the increase in currency supply. Increased prices of goods and services is a likely outcome of this. Referring to inflation as simply the rise in prices of goods and services is to distract you from the dishonest taxation that occurs when central planners increase currency supply.

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[@blackcountrysmoggie]

I work for a UK subsidiary of a Swiss private bank. While that has its advantages, it also leads to some belittling feelings when your colleagues laugh off your cost of living concerns and can't fully comprehend why you can't just come and join them for a ski trip at the drop of a hat.

[@tokyomilmil]

Tell them you can’t eat their cake cause you’re fighting for your bread 😂😂

[@theotherohlourdespadua1131]

In my country we call that "rich people problems"...

[@nunyabidness3075]

@@tokyomilmil This being an Econ channel, you might want to get the story right.

[@anonymousbloke1]

[@tokyomilmil]

@@nunyabidness3075 What story right? Our U.K. friend is describing a perfect Marie Antoinette situation ～

[@accordani]

It has to be noted that Switzerland has a very different calculation of the cpi compared to other countries in Europe. If you calculate it the same way they also have high inflation...

[@promethiumcatalyst]

The masterworks ad integration was way too intrusive. Made me lose trust in the video.

[@sam3317]

"You want the best chocolate, you get Swiss chocolate." I think the Belgians want a word with you mate.

[@vermasean]

Early Economics reporting team checking in!! 📉📈👍🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️

[@ronaldl9085]

I wonder why you don't mention the money printing in lots of other countries, thus making the Swiss Frank stronger as long as the Swiss money printer stays at a low speed.

[@franknwogu4911]

I mean the Swiss Franc was already stronger than most currencies.

[@Embassy_of_Jupiter]

Because he just repeats the economic propaganda of the establishment. He doesn't care what's the truth, only what they say is the truth. The first article he quotes is literally just from the WEF deflecting from the inflation issue, because they are the same people that caused it in the first place.

[@jakubwijata5457]

Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon.

[@wildstar-yq2jh]

The swiss avoid inflation by making everything unaffordable there in the first place.

[@lysander3262]

That's what I realized when he was talking about food. There's no way that not eating in restaurants would prevent a relative food expenditure increase during global shortages. Unless, perhaps, the price of groceries was already artificially high to begin with! Hard to increase what is already near its cap.

[@yarielrobles9003]

I saw this video on my recommended feed and I scrolled past it not noticing it was EE, the old logo was so iconic I didn't notice the channel name until I saw it again

[@ianmcodes]

I don't comment on videos ever, but as somebody from the Chicago area I feel compelled to do so now. 2:45 - You're saying Michigan, but showing the city of Chicago (the building in the center is the Sears Tower). Chicago is in Illinois, not Michigan. I know to some people that's a difference with out distinction, but it's like saying New Zealand and showing the Sidney Opera House. *Edit: and again at 3:17

[@alexevert5457]

As long as we're on about distinctions without a difference, it's the Willis Tower, not the Sears Tower.

[@dmc4real]

You should call this "an oversimplified view of Switzerlands Economy" - there is so much more depth to this topic

[@aetheres5617]

The new profile icon may grow on me yet, but the old EE in bold typeface was a much more striking design.

[@triplexlongueuil6106]

The aerial shot at 10:31 is one of the many reasons why I prefer to watch these videos on KZbin!

[@misko2047]

Stunning! Where is this exactly?

[@qwerty37]

@@misko2047 This is in switzerlands capital city Bern, the river is called Aare.

[@lubue5795]

11:29 A small error has slipped in here. You say Switzerland imports 305 billion, but in the chart the 305 billion are listened as export. Similarly, the following 302 billion in export are listed as import.

[@3komma141592653]

Numbers are wrong either way, for 2018 for example there was a 30 billion surplus, thats a lot for this small country. And most past years were like this.

[@boredstudent9468]

You should have a link in th description with a spreadsheet of the full economy leaderboard

[@vishalgoyal209]

Things are already costly in Switzerland 🇨🇭 😅, compared to any other European countries

[@HavNCDy]

Would be interesting to see a comparison of the recent increases in the money supply to inflation across countries.

[@Bob_Smith19]

That would show the real cause of it which the governments don’t want the peasants to know. They injected so much cash that the peasants are going to feel the pain for w very long time.

[@HavNCDy]

@@Bob_Smith19 yeah, I think he is not being entirely forthright in saying it’s not the value of money falling but the rising of the price of products. Sure gas and crude prices are contributing but doubling of the money supply in 2 years is probably the main driver.

[@patricklerato1775]

Inflation hits people a lot harder than a crashing stock or housing market as it directly affects people's cost of living that people immediately feel the impact of. It's not surprising negative market sentiment is so high now. We really need help to survive in this Economy.

[@drmartin492]

People prefer to spend money on liabilities,Rather than investing in assets and be very profitable.

[@Gronmin]

I think making the sponsor section more clear at the start of it is needed. In this video it can feel as part of it

[@TheGoukaruma]

I'm not sure why Ireland is higher on the list. It looks like they have a weaker foundation than Switzerland.

[@melanholly]

The map at 6:46 shows all the countries in the European Union but some of them use their own currencies like Bulgaria, Romania, Poland and many others.

[@alexcourchesne2051]

I like this video the moment you mentioned you made a spotify for these!

[@JG.777]

3:18 Chicago Illinois picture vs Michigan named. Thank you for the video EE!

[@pierregabioud6725]

Switzerland actually heavily depends on petrol and gaz (~2/3 of energy consumption)

[@Ynhockey]

After this video, which major developed economies are still missing from the leaderboard? It's hard to say since there is no permanent link to the leaderboard, but I'm thinking: Germany, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, Israel, Norway and Austria? Clearly, the focus shouldn't just be on developed economies, but this has been a mainstay in the rankings so far, so might as well complete this list :)

[@dennischristensen5892]

i really like to watch these videos, cudos to your choice of scenery and shots, i always find theese videos more mesmerizing when watching that nice scenery while listening.

[@AllramYT]

is there a newere video that list the leaderboard ? :)

[@mhdibm7515]

I live in sudan where high inflation is the norm , over 300% inflation rate was recorded last year , that if the data was accurate anyways , commodities have become so expensive that some have stopped buying some things altogether , it is pretty messed up around here

[@Boristien405]

They stopped buying things in high inflation... Shouldn't it be the opposite?

[@dkaloger5720]

2:49 you probably made a lot of people from Michigan upset by showing an image of Chicago (which is in Illinoi) when you were talking about Michigan

[@mattmccoy2514]

Illinois😉

[@chadbailey7038]

Great coverage & analysis, thank you.

[@parkmannate4154]

Any future videos discussing Core inflation (non-food & energy) v top line inflation? Because of how the global market works for food and energy largely, theres often not tons governments can do to reign them in without very direct intervention like price controls (which usually end up a disaster), and I feel like Americans broadly do not understand this

[@inconnu4961]

This is very true.

[@lyledungy3447]

The images and video that were shown when discussing Michigan were of Chicago which is in Illinois.

[@jjwilly5114]

Great video as always! Btw, I liked the old logo better.

[@Lumbago_47]

woah new logo

[@TiberiuMinac]

Hey there, licensed economist here, huge fan also. Inflation is purely a monetary phenomenon, it's closely related to the fluctuations that occur within the market, but it's not necessarily a bad thing.... Also, inflation Is a decrease in the purchasing power parity of a currency, that occurs due to multiple imbalances in the "money supply VS economic output" equation, that can happen either due to too much "cheap money" in circulation, or due to the excessive facilitation of too easy access to too much cheap money for too many individuals/businesses/organizations etc. But, it is purely and absolutely about money itself, and not about prices, cuz prices can vary independently of the money supply, and the supply of money can vary independently of the CPI....

[@AstolfoGayming]

I do not get your rankings at all. You say it's the 20th largest country in the world, meaning it's in the top 10%, or near it, depending on how you count.. How does it only get a 7/10? It's either a 10/10 or a 9/10

[@ta96943]

Well stated EE, about how a low inflation rate is not necessarily a good thing. I’m Japanese and I feel like inflation is something mysterious occurring on the other side of the world (the 2022 Japanese inflation rate is estimated at 0.984% annually by the IMF). Still, people are furious at the government and the BoJ. Honestly, this is not a time to promote the world's division through wars and conflicts over ideological differences. We have to cooperate.

[@okhmgm88]

I love the new chapters thing you added to the videos

[@foobar9220]

One aspect that I missed is the Swiss policy on food imports. Which are mostly prevented using high tariffs. For example, meat is taxed with a whopping 35CHF/kilo making domestic agriculture pretty much competitive for essentials. That policy dates back to WW2 but in practice means that food is pretty expensive even for Swiss incomes and many Swiss people are traveling to neighboring countries for their weekly shopping. Living near the border, I can attest to this personally. Going to the supermarket on Saturday is a big no-go here, there is so many Swiss that one might not even find a shopping cart. And the exchange rates of the last 10 years have just reinforced that trend. However, this policy now helps as the rising market prices are effectively shut of off Swiss supermarkets and that is all inflation can measure.

[@Teiegram.en..Komptu_Trading]

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[@TheAnadromist]

Hey EE, can you do a video on how the Georgian lari has gone up against the euro, the pound, the dollar? Even though it is a poor country and this is quite bizarre?

[@bananenbrot958]

Isn't this just from the Russian exodus to the country?

[@wclifton968gameplaystutorials]

It's probably because of a number of reasons such as: Exodus of Russian nationals into Georgia Economic stability since the presidency of Mikhail Saaskiavilli (2004-2012) which included things such as "no tax changes without a referendum" moderately low national debt:GDP ratio figures as compared to other European/Asian nations and a gradually more popular investment scheme for high net worth individuals (e.g. their "citizenship by investment" programs)

[@louiserocks1]

I guess mostly because like hundreds of thousands of wealthy russian have moved there this year, rent price in the capital has increased over 400% this year, and basically they bring all their money there, they exchange their rubles and dollars to the Georgian currency, increasing the demand for it. I'm not very sure if its good or bad for the Georgian economy, because most of the locals are suffering from all the price increase and rent increase, and being driven out of the cities. A big change is happening there. But I don't know much details, I don't live there. Imagine if like a bunch of Chinese millionaires or something, suddenly had to move to your city, the same thing would probably happen lol. Its an interesting topic though, it would be interesting to look more in depth about it. Because I think it's the first time anything like this has happened, usually what has happened before is mass refugees coming with no money and not really contributing to the economy of where they've moved to. But this is like the other way round, sudden influx of wealthy and smart and productive people

[@TheAnadromist]

@@bananenbrot958 What does 'just' mean?

[@TheAnadromist]

@@wclifton968gameplaystutorials yes but how does this work? The lari had been plunging during 2020. And the country has not been that financially stable. It's certainly nowhere near as stable as 85% of the rest of the European countries. It started collapsing in 2019, with Putin's restrictions on Russian travel to Georgia. And while yes, the Russians have come here in large numbers, what I want to know is the mechanism that creates such a strange bubble. Are the Russians bringing rubles, dollars, etc. It's much, much more complicated than you are imagining. It was 3 lari 40 tetri to the dollar in March it's now 2 lari 71 tetri today. And yet one doesn't feel any actual economic benefit from the Russian arrival. So what is causing it. Simply saying the Russians came here. Is like asking what is keeping me anchored to the ground and not floating away and simply answering gravity.

[@giacomo2661]

Swiss do their grovery in italy, germany or France. I reckon that what you say makes sense on an academic level. Reality is that prices were already sky high before covid swiss took the chance to spend their money abroad (not only grocery also cras and holiday). Maybe prices haven't risen very much last year, still I would think of Switzerland as a country that nailed inflation. My grocery is stil far cheaper her in northern italy

[@AlekseyShevchuk]

Hello from Latvia....glad to see may country on your channel :)

[@christianbezzina7251]

Hey, can you do the economy of Malta?

[@gtlance101]

I love how when mentioning Michigan, you show the skyline for Chicago Illinois instead of Detroit

[@aagantuk7370]

New logo looks good but feels weird bc I'm too used to the old one

[@thomaswalsh4552]

3:15 “Michigan might have a cold winter” *shows Chicago* Ironic

[@dr94279]

Simply because Switzerland’s M3 money supply is 10% higher than start of 2020. UK meanwhile is 28% higher. Inflation is a monetary phenomenon

[@RussellBlue]

Switzerland’s inflation is 3 decades high at the moment bro 😂

[@definitelyclickbait7144]

Didnt know Switzerland could pick neutrality against global recessions. Devs Nerf please.

[@thewhitefalcon8539]

by maintaining capital inflows from oligarchs. Don't worry, they'll get the inflation when the oligarchs pull their money back out

[@business.simplify]

Cool video mate! Keep going

[@UrbanstepOfficial]

Thank you for covering Latvia situation

[@g.zoltan]

I liked the old logo better.

[@peoplesrepublicofliberland5606]

I'd love to see a Video on the failing economy of Puerto Rico and how it got there. I love your videos and would love your POV on the topic

[@atoth62]

Not sure if you'd be up for this, but can do a video on investing in wine? After seeing the ad on investing art, it reminded me this was also a thing.

[@michalbuk]

6:45 in the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter, but Czech Republic doesn't use Euro (not yet anyway), contrary to what the map is showing.

[@5tycho]

I would say how Switzerland became one of the richest countries on Earth is something to learn from them.

[@reddixiecrat]

A good governmental system, the Bank for International Settlements, and Eurodollars had a big part to play

[@robgronotte1]

So other countries should also get rich by banking for Nazis?

[@alanh.790]

Nazi gold, neutrality.

[@lachlanbursle7072]

Please stop flogging unregulated investment schemes. As FTX has shown, youtubers shouldn't sell your audience for a pay cheque. Other than that keep up the brilliant work.

[@thomasoliver954]

It was a very very clever way to add the announcement of Masterworks in the video

[@frankleahy226]

3:15 is Chicago IL, although that is Lake Michigan.

[@Kroke_Monster]

you know your writting is real good when the audio alone works as a podcast. way to go lads. ps. i miss your old logo even if it was 2010s style of logo

[@anthonyyoung6489]

Masterworks the next ftx.

[@ddpb2010]

Would love to see a video on Germany in the light of the current events and also on your leaderboard

[@khanalprabhat]

Please update your leader board with other countries as well. I want to see what does Sweden comes in this.

[@ScottOrr95]

Inflation is defined as increase in the supply of currency or credit, not increasing prices. Increasing prices in a result of increased currency supply. There are local factors that affect prices but currency also doesn't move through the economy/country evenly.

[@markdavis7711]

This channel provides some of the most sailent, reasoned assessment of applied economics through a geopolitical lens that exists today. Thank you, EE team, for bringing clarity to these concepts which are too often considered either didactically or outright inaccurately.

[@JohnnyEnjoi65]

What is the city at 1:10?

[@brittennz]

Thanks for all the informative videos. Can you do one ranking the economy of Israel?

[@floxydorathy6611]

Inflation hits people a lot harder than a crashing stock or housing market as it directly affects people's cost of living that people immediately feel the impact of. It's not surprising negative market sentiment is so high now. We really need help to survive in this Economy. The fin-Market;s have underperformed the U.S. economy as fear of inflation hammers the prices of stock;s and bonds. My portfoliio of $250k is down to $192k any recommendation;s to scale up my return;s during this crash will be highly appreciated.

[@zubinDRK]

I'd suggest a small allocation towards Gold , both ETF (digital /non physical) as well as actual physical Gold. But the key is your ASSET ALLOCATION, one must diversify across all the Asset Classes (a longish explanation but i could provide the same). Hence any one Asset Class should be a reasonable percentage of the whole. If you are a first time Gold Investor start with 5 to 10% of your total Investible Funds. My own percentage is higher at 20% but that's because of my personal belief that the coming year will see an appreciation in the price of Gold , no guarantee , repeating its only my opinion , based on my Investing experience.