@VeroniqueB99 the concerning part here is that 50% of retail spending is made up by just the top 10% earners in this country. That's a very small margin of wiggle room before things start collapsing into recession:

https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/09/17/top-10-of-earners-make-up-half-of-us-retail-spending

The BLS is expected to release updated jobs numbers for the first time in months next week and the following week. I have a nasty feeling that might be the one-two punch to send the markets tumbling