If you’re not tracking your expenses closely, you might wonder why half your income keeps disappearing in the first week of the month. Even if you don’t have a million subscriptions or aren’t booking plane tickets for a trip around the world, small costs seem to add up faster than ever.
So we thought it would be a good time to look at the signs that the economy isn’t as strong as we’d like it to be. Luckily, there are a few recent threads on Reddit (one and two) where people are discussing exactly that. From groceries to entertainment and advertisements in public spaces, here are the ones folks have already noticed.