Wages are stagnant, energy costs are going up.
Hourly Wages change yoy https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=Zeb7
Energy Price Index https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=Zebr
>food prices have come down
False, and before you blame the egg crisis on the reported avian flu, milk and bread demonstrate the same rise. Pick a product, it's gone up, PPI for all commodities shot up indicating macro changes to the economy (in this case reactions to inflation where producers raise rates) https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=Ze8G
eggs https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=Ze80 milk https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=Ze8b bread https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=Ze8h
>housing is crashing
True, but not in ways that helps consumers. Landlords are doubling down and renting. Properties are sitting on market far longer than normal. Median sales price will decrease with interest rate changes, but with the root cause issue unresolved of lack of construction (supply), very large demand as the new generations age, and flippers and renter barons unchecked.. The housing market is not going to be affordable for low, middle, or even upper middle class citizens. I also think this kind of talk completely belittles how massive of a change occurred to housing prices in the last 5 years. Compare that to wage increases and viola, your normal every day person is in bad shape.
median sales price https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=Ze67
Do you want anecdote? People aren't doing well. Go talk to your neighbors. A single corrective change percent movement from GDP reported by Axios is manipulative and a narrative article in my opinion.