Another big reason for strong buying:
People are very freaked out by shortages and the all new & dreaded “supply chain interruptions”.
With everything made offshore now, who knows what the next world catastrophe might be to interrupt cars, trucks, tractors, toilet paper, toothpaste, fuel, medicine, computers, etc. All those products rely on overseas supply chains.
Anyone starting to see the light?
With all the job openings we have, it would be in our best security interest to start making things here at home again.
No, not to become isolationists, but to reassure people that when the next Covid hits and our superior intellects shut the world economy down, we have at least some of the things we need made here.
Maybe people would chill out on buying everything if they were assured they can still get the things they want?