“You can already sense in the public debate over the economy that people are starting to lose the thread — viewing the slight rebound from epic collapse as a sign that a crisis has been averted. That certainly is the kind of optimism evident in the stock market, which is now down a mere 1.1 percent for the year.” NYT Upshot: Don’t Lose the Thread. The Economy Is Experiencing an Epic Collapse of Demand. (Even with the fed stimulus and the growing economic divide, the stock market run is shocking.)

+ 25,000 stores are predicted to close in 2020.