{"id":17065,"date":"2025-04-01T11:53:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T11:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=17065"},"modified":"2025-04-01T11:53:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T11:53:40","slug":"americans-are-spending-less-as-they-brace-for-new-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=17065","title":{"rendered":"Americans are spending less as they brace for new tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Americans are tapping the brakes on spending &#8211; pulling back on dining out, hotel stays and other expenses, as they boost their savings ahead of new tariffs and continued economic uncertainty.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Strikingly, economists say Americans of all income levels, including the wealthiest, are rethinking their spending &#8211; in what could be a pivotal warning. The drop-off in consumer spending is expected to drag down economic growth in the first three months of the year, with many economists now forecasting a contraction after years of consistent growth.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/americans-spending-less-brace-tariffs-120504861.html\">https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/americans-spending-less-brace-tariffs-120504861.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Americans are tapping the brakes on spending &#8211; pulling back on dining out, hotel stays and other expenses, as they boost their savings ahead of new tariffs and continued economic uncertainty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Strikingly, economists say Americans of all income levels, including the wealthiest, are rethinking their spending &#8211; in what could be a pivotal warning. The drop-off in consumer spending is expected to drag down economic growth in the first three months of the year, with many economists now forecasting a contraction after years of consistent growth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/americans-spending-less-brace-tariffs-120504861.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1756,217,165,290,279,208,141],"class_list":["post-17065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-consumers","tag-economics","tag-economy","tag-imports","tag-spending","tag-tariffs","tag-taxes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17066,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17065\/revisions\/17066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}