“Consumer stocks already look horrible and the energy squeeze on real incomes will make it worse, the strong-consumer story is a mirage.”
“real consumption is basically running slightly below 2% over the last 2 quarters. And we have weaker income growth in nominal terms. And we have a price shock on top of that, which means that real incomes are going to get squeezed, which in turn should weigh on consumer spending.”
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