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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Gas in Morgan Hill, California was $2.27 on January 12 last year.

Now it is over $6.00

Still, with restaurants full, airlines full, grocery carts full...I’m having a hard time saying we in a recession.


4 posted on 10/07/2022 11:03:29 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Vendome

“Still, with restaurants full, airlines full, grocery carts full...I’m having a hard time saying we in a recession.”

And unemployment at 3.5%. Fed heads say it will take a 5-6% unemployment rate to kill inflation. We have a long way to go to get out of this one, though there are the beginning signs that we are headed in the right direction.


13 posted on 10/07/2022 11:37:59 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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To: Vendome

“Still, with restaurants full, airlines full, grocery carts full...I’m having a hard time saying we in a recession.”

So, how full is your checking account vs 2020? Savings account, Portfolio, et al.?

My wife’s IRA has gone from $102K in 2020 and is now at $68K and still dropping.

I’m on SS and at a fixed income at 73yo and she’s still working for the next ...???

And you’re “... having a hard time saying we(’re) in a recession.”???


18 posted on 10/07/2022 12:40:48 PM PDT by egfowler3 (KungFlu, today's Hypochondriacal psychosis (aka: Delusional parasitosis))
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