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.
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
The entire economy has been hollowed out for decades with various financial shenanigans. We are Wiley Coyote but we haven't looked down yet
Yes. There isn’t another analogy that fits as well as this, imo.