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Consumer Exhaustion Signals Holiday Spending Slowdown

Consumer Exhaustion Signals Holiday Spending Slowdown

Update: 2025-12-02
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Record online sales during Cyber Week, totaling forty-four billion dollars, may not indicate a robust holiday shopping season. Experts caution that rising costs and reliance on short-term debt could signal consumer exhaustion, with a growing anxiety among shoppers trying to stretch their dollars. The true impact of this trend may emerge in the months after the holiday season, potentially exacerbated by additional stressors like tariff costs and the recent government shutdown.

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Consumer Exhaustion Signals Holiday Spending Slowdown

Consumer Exhaustion Signals Holiday Spending Slowdown