Usually spending data tells you what and how people are spending their money on. They literally have those stats they even you can look up.Vegas » 16 Dec 2023, 11:03 am » wrote: ↑ I am not claiming to be an economist either. But does one really need to have a Phd, or any kind of degree, in economics to know if people are having a hard time affording crap? I am pretty sure the unemployed people got a quick lesson on economics when they lost their job.