U.S. Retail Sales Slide Sharply as Inflation Weighs on Consumers

[Marthe48]

20. Maybe hoarders ran out of room

I know I did. All through the isolation phase of Covid-19, many people stocked up shelf stable supplies. I have several friends and relatives who are trying to use up things they bought in Spring 2020 before their use by date expires. I have enough stocked up to last from months to a year. I don't even want to buy anything else, although, to be fair, I ordered a new fan for my bedroom, and more KN95 masks.

What if many others have enough, or too much, right now? What if people discovered they don't need those feel-good shopping trips? What if demand for supplies is so over?

On another note, CBS news is pounding the plight of the trucking industry today. I notice that MSM is systematically slamming selected targets from President Biden to Pete. Whereever they can get a wedge in, it seems to me.