The Beans

The mainstream media has a real big problem when it comes to analyzing the economy: anyone with a room temperature IQ knows that the economy is thoroughly manipulated top to bottom by an entrenched kleptocracy, mostly in ways that only benefit them. It's their carnival ride. We're just passengers. But the mainstream media is not allowed to include any of that in their economic reporting. They have to sanitize anything that points towards conspiratorial orchestration. It's bad for the mythology of America to confirm that we have a ruling class and a shadow government.

These restrictions produce a lot of vague 'up might be down unless it goes back up blah blah blah' economics reporting, like you quoted. They need to fill space and airtime and convince you that they're all over this economy- but they really can't spill all the beans.