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To: Oldeconomybuyer

US economy shrank by 1.4% in Q1 but consumers kept spending

What else can consumers do? Have you seen grocery prices lately? Or the price of gasoline?


6 posted on 04/28/2022 6:50:25 AM PDT by upchuck (The longer I remain unjabbed with the clot-shot, the more evidence I see supporting my decision.)
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To: upchuck

Presumably the shrinkage is in inflated dollars, which means that the economy dropped even more in real dollars.

.Gov loves inflation because it helps hide the bad news that .gov has caused.


9 posted on 04/28/2022 6:57:25 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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