I once heard a public radio host, during a segment on the economy, say, "We know the stock market isn't the economy, but the stock market is doing great!" They then proceeded to not talk about the economy.

How dare you challenge our lovely system, peasant? Don’t you know everything and everywhere else is even worse?

Lol, even the stock market sucks. We are in a bust cycle and the stock market has been relatively stagnant unless you are in the elite club profitting off of insider trading and shorting. Stocks have been going down recently due to reduced rate hikes. Most people lose money on the stock market. Biden, his fellow ghouls, and the media are smoking some heavy load of baloney. This is just hella cope.

"Stock market goes up" they win, "housing prices skyrocket" we (the working class) lose

You cannot eat a stock certificate.