Economic slow down?

Do you suppose? It would make sense. It's time, with a presidential election and all this threat of terrorist activity, people are scared. I've studied the buying trends and over the past year, people seem to be spending all of their saved earnings on stuff that they've "always wanted." I'm guessing that the thought on everyone's mind is "Why not? I've earned it, and with the way things are going, I may as well spend it now. We may not be around.....soon." We're becoming more and more fragile. Maybe the terrorists have already reached their goal. No more need for bombs.