McDonald’s CEO says the consumer environment is certainly not improving and may be getting a little worse after the company reported better than expected past results. Those mainly before the gas prices jumped. Jumping over to big ticket items like appliances, Whirlpool, the company that employs the Maytag Man, it compared the current consumer climate to  – not joking – 2008-09 as the cracks of demand destruction are indeed beginning to grow wider and becoming more noticeable. The Maytag man is somewhere right now polishing his resume. 

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McDonald’s CEO says consumer spending could be ‘getting a little bit worse’
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/07/mcdonalds-mcd-q1-2026-earnings.html

Earnings call transcript: Whirlpool Q1 2026 results fall short, stock drops
https://ca.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/earnings-call-transcript-whirlpool-q1-2026-results-fall-short-stock-drops-93CH-4618415

April 2026 National Poll: Iran, the economy, and the 2026/2028 elections
https://www.generationlab.org/state-of-young-people

Challenger Gray & Christmas April 2026
https://www.challengergray.com/blog/challenger-report-april-job-cuts-rise-38-from-march-ytd-cuts-down-50/

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