Honest question: With inflation continuously rising, would it be smart to take on a little debt now?
With inflation rising, supply chains still being a mess which makes obtaining goods more difficult, and things only getting more expensive, it seems like a sound decision to take on a mortgage or a car payment now as opposed to in the near future when things will only be more difficult to obtain and more expensive. Inflation will outpace any interest on loan. Resale value of some of these big ticket items will only go up.
I'm not saying go out and buy unnecessary things, but I'm genuinely curious what your thoughts are on purchasing big ticket items of need or investment purposes now as opposed to 2 or 5 years from now.
If you have the cash the smart move is get it out of the bank and into assets. Debt however isn't wise, when things get bad and you have to stop paying a note to afford food, then they'll come take it from you.