• Tygr@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Above normal. The data suggests US citizens still have credit limit or not feeling the pinch as all the news articles suggest.

    I was expecting a big decrease this year according to what I’ve seen on lemmy. From now on, I’ll read negative news and say “meh, probably not.”

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      1 year ago

      It isn’t just lemmy, there’s plenty of external evidence showing that people think the economy is in a bad state. Changing your entire perspective because of big spending day on black Friday makes no sense.

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        1 year ago

        Not just a big spending day, an all-time record-breaking spending day, up 7.5%. That’s absolutely insane and doesn’t jive. If everyone is hurting, can’t pay their rent and bills, credit is maxed out, then how did they also crush this record on inflation-priced “sales?”

        All I’ve said, I’m choosing to go by data, not news agenda. BF helped me realize our economy is thriving. That’s great!