Retailer earnings reports are coming in from the third quarter. Almost all are disappointing. Many are reporting negative year-to-year sales.
People are nervous going into the holiday season. Layoffs are being announced, terrorism is in the headlines, the president seems to be floundering, and the political season is heating up. Many people are experiencing health care insurance sticker shock and trying to figure out how to absorb in 2016 thousands of dollars in higher premiums and deductibles. Managers at many companies are writing performance appraisals in preparation for salary reviews and have been told to hold the line at 2% or less. Social Security recipients already know they aren’t getting an increase in 2016. These factors suggest a poor Christmas shopping season. Too bad the GOP doesn’t know how to message this to the public.
You said...
“Too bad the GOP doesn’t know how to message this to the public.”
They’re too busy fighting the conservatives