Nearly seven months in, the conflict now casts a cloud of uncertainty — with no end in sight.
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“ The Census Bureau reported last week that the median U.S. household income hit an all-time high in 2025, while the percentage of people in the U.S. living in poverty fell to its lowest level on record. ... [Also] Last week, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the war was responsible for adding at least 0.5 percentage points to inflation. ”
0.5 percentage points. Not 50? Not even 5? Oh well, maybe that 0.5 is making consumers feel jittery:
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iow there's been no change in consumer sentiment. But maybe people are taking a beating in their retirement and stock portfolios:
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The stock market's killing it.
We are so cooked!!!
From the opening of your link:
"𝐎𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐛. 𝟐𝟕, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫. 𝐆𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧.
𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐫 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞."
A little bit further in:
𝐘𝐞𝐭, 𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞. 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫, 𝐠𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 $𝟑 𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 $𝟒.𝟓𝟎 𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐃𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 $𝟑.𝟕𝟓 𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐛. 𝟐𝟖 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐥-𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 $𝟔.𝟓𝟎 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲.
A bit further...
𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐏𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤: “𝐖𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞,” 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞.
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟏𝟎-𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐲𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝.
“𝐒𝐢𝐱 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞,” 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞.
I could go on but if you somehow believe the economy is a booming success then carry on waiting for a dividend that won't come. Speaking of which, if the economy is in such good shape, then why did Trump proffer such a blatant bribe in the first place?
