The economy was once again described as strong and resilient this week by analysts, officials, and a cable panel of men in good suits, none of whom have recently stood in a grocery store doing quiet math over a package of chicken.
The assessment, based on a stock market at record highs, did not appear to include rent, which is up, wages, which are not, or the price of eggs, which now requires a payment plan and a stern conversation with yourself. Economists noted that the economy is doing great, and clarified that the economy and the people in it are two entirely separate things that should not be confused.
A spokesperson for the Bootstrap Institute encouraged struggling families to feel the strength of the economy, ideally instead of feeling the price of insulin. The economy remained strong, resilient, and completely unavailable for comment from anyone who lives in it.