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0.0%: The consumer hits a wall

Why the ‘optimism spike’ of 2025 collapsed into stagnation on tariff anxieties and credit exhaustion to kill holiday spending spree

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Jay Keller
Feb 10, 2026
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Retail sales flatlined in December, closing out the year with a sudden deceleration as American consumers grappled with mounting economic uncertainty, according to Commerce Department data released T…

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