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by simplemts 2843 days ago
"Consumers wouldn't be spending if they didn't have extra cash in their pocket, and they expect the economy to stagnate/decline"

Debt, leverage, credit cards, loans, home equity lines, etc.

Perhaps 2007 is a great teacher about overleveraged consumers "spending money in their pockets".

It wasn't real, sustainable, and ended terribly.