American Consumer Spending Drops 3 out of Last 4 Months – IOTW Report

American Consumer Spending Drops 3 out of Last 4 Months

RedState: Although President Biden keeps insisting his economic programs are working great, there are plenty of troublesome signs indicating otherwise, including the all-important rate of consumer spending. Simple rule: if people are buying more things, it generally means they feel good about the state of their finances and the economy.

When folks tighten their belts, however, it’s because they either simply don’t have enough money to purchase more than the essentials, or they’re holding on to their wallets because they fear for the future.

Consumer spending is often known as the “engine of the economy”—and it’s out of gas. The Wall Street Journal reports that Americans are “starting to freak out”: MORE

11 Comments on American Consumer Spending Drops 3 out of Last 4 Months

  1. I’ve got my annual meeting with my financial advisor tomorrow. I was going over my portfolio today, and although The Market had a great January, this is what they call in the business a dead cat bounce.

    My advisor is the one that usually talks me off the ledge whenever I want to liquidate everything to cash, put it in coffee cans, and bury them in my backyard, but I got the feeling tomorrow’s conversation is going to be pretty sobering.

    Deficit spending can not last, it will go until it doesn’t, then we are Venezuela.

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  2. The elimination of discretionary spending is the very road to, You Will Own Nothing And Be Happy. It’s Obama 2.0. That asshole put damn near every boat, travel trailer, RV business out of business. It’s the Democrats war on Capitalism. All those people that are left with out a job go on un employment. These are all manufacturers to so consider the vendor base. Infuriating when you realize it’s intentional.

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  3. @ Tony R

    Yup. For one, I stopped buying eggs.

    @ Brad

    Agreed. That’s what’s happening, in a nut shell.

    I’m still surprised so many still don’t see what’s happening and why.

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