Total consumption did not change with Covid, it just went from one part of the economy to another. Kind of like squeezing a balloon - same amount of air, just

Total consumption did not change with Covid, it just went from one part of the economy to another. Kind of like squeezing a balloon - same amount of air, just in a different part of the vessel. As for the massive amount of manipulation, that was done in plain sight. The fed had injected $$$ and low interest rates into the economy since 2009 and finally the spigot stopped.