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bucolic_frolic

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6. Early in recession spending collapses. Typical of stagflation.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Oct 24, 2025, 08:51 AM

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We are so screwed. AI job losses are coming. Federal spending is zero right now. Economy runs on consumer spending. There is no uptick in all that so this disinflation number is predictable though quite mild. There is such confusion and panic that no one knows what to think or do. So we trudge along. By 2027 we'll be Dickensian America.

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