Economic Trends Highlight Shifting Consumer Behavior and Workplace Impacts
• The "He's Just Ken" tagline for the Barbie movie reflected labor market trends showing women bouncing back faster from the pandemic downturn while men's employment lags.
• Taylor Swift and Beyoncé's concerts showed continued strong consumer spending on services like live events, despite expectations of recession.
• "Girl dinners" of affordable homemade meals mirrored broader thriftiness trends amid high inflation.
• Weight loss drugs like Ozempic worried big food companies about declining demand.
• AI chatbots like ChatGPT raised questions about impacts on work and productivity.