- fear of trade wars, and bankruptcies, job cuts soared in February
- hiring activity in the US private sector slumped in February.
- Tariff imposition with 24 hours notice
- Tariffs on hold, but only for 30 days, and only for certain sectors, and only for certain countries.
- Sweeping layoffs
- Desperate lurching (re)hiring
The whole thing is a spinning blender of chaos and favoritism that masks the illegality of it all, and keeps our attention on survival.
It's a Constitutional Crisis.
Fear is driving the economy in the United States, while consumers--whose spending makes up two-thirds of the economy--are voicing their opinion on the matter by holding no-spend blackout days and participating in weeks-long boycotts targeting specific companies that they think are unjust, such as Amazon and Target.
