Is the US consumer helping or hurting our Paradigm C bull market?

Darius Dale tackles the $64 trillion question: is the U.S. consumer helping or hurting the Paradigm C bull market? August PCE data showed resilient spending but weakening income and wages, reinforcing our U-Shaped Economy thesis. With sticky inflation fully priced and deflationary housing trends emerging, the Fed’s structural regime shift toward easier policy remains intact.