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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
You could tell a recession was happening though. Malls and stores were literal ghost towns. Nobody was buying anything. Restaurants boarded up. Unemployment rate at the end of 2008 was 8%. 

Completely different now. Consumers have barely flinched.  People are spending like crazy.
gpt
Are you sure you’re not just insulated right now? Every poor or fixed income person I talk to has been struggling since the start of the year on car costs, food, gas and no matter how much they work they can’t seem to keep up and afford groceries.

Similarly in 2008 if you had a stable job it was kind of weird seeing how even Walmart stopped hiring and everything was so cheap.