doing, just check out earnings, why don't you, the reports to see what big companies are saying mike santelli has been following all of that for us amidst all of this, amidst rising rates, high inflation, midterm election, we've got a lot of earnings reports. tell us where we stand, mike >> well, tyler, at the very broadest level, the top line in the economy is still growing pretty robustly. in fact, 10%, 11% sales growth across the s&p 500 shows you that 9% growth just among retailers it does tell you that revenues are not scarce right now the problem is a lot of that reflects inflation, not real growth a lot of the commentary, especially from consumer goods and retail ceos are that consumers might be getting at their limits, at their ability to tolerate and absorb those price increases. so, they're not betting on too many more to come. therefore the focus turns to cost cutting, preserving margins, working down inventory, and preparing, perhaps, for the economic slowdown that is broadly anticipated but isn't really showing up just yet in the overall numbers aside from some areas in housing.