I hear that, and in parallel, mostly essentials only, minimum amount of purchasing for months now. Not paying a dime into their precious “economy” if I don’t have to.

See, that’s where they got me: I would’ve liked to do the same as you, but instead I bought a bunch of stuff I would’ve normally waited until later to get, in anticipation that the fuckwad’s idiot tariffs would jack up the price if I waited.