Credit losses are rising as US consumers shift spending to basic needs and away from purchases that aren’t vital, according to Citigroup Inc. Chief Financial Officer Mark Mason.
This is the Free Market at work deciding that the healthiest state for an economy is one where people can barely afford basic needs with no money left over for anything else.
“Not to worry, rich people will do all the consumer spending that keeps our economy afloat FOR US! That’s right, the most miserly demographic will consume for the economy, so don’t worry your pretty little heads and enjoy having less money, peasant! Porky needs it!”