The top 10% of earners—households making about $250,000 a year or more—are splurging on everything from vacations to designer handbags, buoyed by big gains in stocks, real estate and other assets.

Those consumers now account for 49.7% of all spending, a record in data going back to 1989, according to an analysis by Moody’s Analytics. Three decades ago, they accounted for about 36%.

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  • @rockSlayer
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    228 hours ago

    It’s fitting imo, because they’ve stolen the wealth and think that Luigi’s case is just a freak accident rather than the upcoming Bell Riots.

    • @[email protected]
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      43 hours ago

      On a side note, I always figured the Bell Riots that were supposed to be back in September of our timeline were just a hair delayed and slightly miscalculated.