This^^^. The soft and declining economy is by design of the Federal Reserve. They are trying to slow the economy with higher interest rates to reduce the inflation rate to their goal of 2%. The labor market will still need to go through pain before the economy turns around.Mortgage, loan and credit card rates way up...
Classified ads, more Items, more people selling...
Store Shelves all well stocked
Big ticket items, cars used and new, there are price drops in the last 6 months
All signs of a soft and declining economy, even luxury items prices are dropping. The economy is not good, you can tell by the numbers too, they revise them down after they come up with them. I'm really torn between doomtubers and their predictions and traditional financial publications.