{"id":14,"date":"2026-09-10T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/joannalopez-com\/2026\/09\/10\/usa-why-price-stability-is-a-myth\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T13:00:00","slug":"usa-why-price-stability-is-a-myth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joannalopez.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/10\/usa-why-price-stability-is-a-myth\/","title":{"rendered":"USA: Why \u2018Price Stability\u2019 Is a Myth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/joanna-lopez\/no-price-stability-remotion-videos-ca0c\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Many people talk about &#039;price stability&#039; as if it\u2019s something we can actually achieve, but in reality, our economy tells a different story. As a real estate advisor in the Bay Area, I see firsthand how shifts in spending ripple through everything\u2014from the cost of new technology to the price of a home or a night at a hotel. When technology gets more affordable, other things\u2014like tuition, hotel rooms, or event tickets\u2014often become more expensive in response. It\u2019s all about how people choose to spend, not just about inflation moving in one direction. Central banks may aim for stable prices, but with so many global forces and local choices shaping what things cost, lasting price stability just isn\u2019t realistic. In fact, the constant change in prices often signals progress, not decline. For anyone navigating property decisions\u2014whether buying, selling, or considering a move\u2014understanding these shifts is key to making informed choices, especially here in California where market conditions are always evolving.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people talk about &#039;price stability&#039; as if it\u2019s something we can actually achieve, but in reality, our economy tells a different story. As a real estate advisor in the Bay Area, I see firsthand how shifts in spending ripple through everything\u2014from the cost of new technology to the price of a home or a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":188,"featured_media":43,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joannalopez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joannalopez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joannalopez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joannalopez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/188"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joannalopez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joannalopez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joannalopez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joannalopez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joannalopez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joannalopez.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}