The 2025 Audit: How People Actually Spent Their Money and What 2026 Demands
Consumer spending in 2025 defied the standard recession models. Economists spent the first half of the year predicting a collapse that never fully materialized, and the second half trying to explain why the numbers didn’t match the mood. The data is now settled. The average American household didn’t stop spending in 2025, but they radically […]
