The US economy is experiencing a "selective recession" where lower-income Americans are struggling due to rising costs and dwindling savings, while upper-income consumers remain unaffected. Inflation, although cooling down, has significantly impacted the purchasing power of lower and middle-income individuals. With the pandemic savings having been depleted for most Americans, recession fears are now growing as the job market weakens and interest rates remain high.

  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
    hexagon
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    7 months ago

    Amusingly, this is probably the most honest article I've seen in a while that actually acknowledges that people are struggling as opposed to just doing gaslighting saying how great the economy is.

    • peeonyou [he/him]
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      7 months ago

      That can only mean it's REALLY bad and there's just no way they can keep saying otherwise without losing credibility with even the most clueless of readers

      • CommunistBear [he/him]
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        7 months ago

        The entire economy has been hollowed out for decades with various financial shenanigans. We are Wiley Coyote but we haven't looked down yet

        • Pentacat [he/him]
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          7 months ago

          Yes. There isn’t another analogy that fits as well as this, imo.