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US Households See Brighter Financial Future Post-Election
Good news! Americans are feeling great all of a sudden about their personal finances.
Ok, maybe "gr
You can fool some of the people…
We should change this old proverb to: “You can fool most of all the time.” The “man” is already walking back a lot of promises. Going to be a strange summer.
Asking households about growth in government debt seems like an odd question. Any thoughts on why that might be one of the survey questions?
Either way, another data point in a never ending series of data points demonstrating a lack of basic reasoning skills given the long history of Republican profligacy. Tax cuts ain’t cheap!
Admittedly I know very little about this world, but I always found it strange we trade on any surveys from the general public. If we’ve learned anything, it’s that the average person doesn’t know dick about squat, so to speak
The light at the end of the tunnel…
Trickle down economics is when they are pissing on you and telling you that it is raining.
I always find it funny/ironic that anyone asks Retail their forecast for the future (except to front run their misjudgement).
Theyve bought it hook line and sinker; so when the layoffs/decrease in spending/higher deficits actually do occur….will they believe their lying eyes? Or will they believe its temporary as they are told ‘its going great’?
Those numbers seem preposterous to me, Are you sure you didn’t get a Trump fantasy in your inbox? I would bet on it!
Excuse me? This is a monthly survey from The New York Fed. It’s documented by every financial media outlet on the planet, and it’s publicly available. In other words: WTF are you talking about, John? Everyone knows what this survey is. Here: https://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/news/research/2024/20241209