Food and delivery companies often indicate an early indicator of an economic slowdown.
Fedex cut their 2025 guidance dramatically
Walmart advises growth will be 1/3 of what was forecast
Dominos pizza showing a big decrease in deliveries
McDonalds offering a bleak year for 2025
And this is just the beginning of 2025, and what else will come.....
- VitaMan
- Yesterday, 07:58 PM
- Lucas McCain
- Yesterday, 08:39 PM
Folks certainly seem to assume so with Trump's stupid ass tariffs. When people aren't confident in the economy, they don't spend like they do when they are. They save and cut down on luxuries and stick more with necessities... like I've posted many times previously, a quick simple indicator is the stock market. Constant ambiguity with zero direction is never good for the economy. That's exactly what we have now with Donald Chump.
https://apnews.com/article/consumer-...2ab922bcb86958
U.S. consumer confidence continued its sharp 2025 decline as Americans’ views about their financial futures slumped to a 12-year low, driven by rising anxiety over tariffs and inflation.
The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell 7.2 points in March to 92.9, the fourth straight monthly decline and its lowest reading since January of 2021. The reading was short of analysts expectations for a reading of 94.5, according to a survey by FactSet.
https://apnews.com/article/consumer-...2ab922bcb86958
U.S. consumer confidence continued its sharp 2025 decline as Americans’ views about their financial futures slumped to a 12-year low, driven by rising anxiety over tariffs and inflation.
The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell 7.2 points in March to 92.9, the fourth straight monthly decline and its lowest reading since January of 2021. The reading was short of analysts expectations for a reading of 94.5, according to a survey by FactSet.