• horsey@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    I’ve always thought that about recession predictions. After all, economists measure consumer confidence and define the meaning of the results as

    if consumers are optimistic, they will spend more and stimulate the economy, but if they are pessimistic then their spending patterns could lead to an economic slowdown or recession.

    It’s clearly reasonable to think that publishing panic-inducing articles like “stock market will soon CRASH 49%!!” would decrease consumer confidence.