It's one thing to feel financially tight. It's another thing to have endless news articles and publications and posts warning of how bad the global economy is and how inflation is running out of control.
Not only does this constant negative message directly cause stress on the viewers, but it can cause fear in business which can lead to "precautionary" retractions... which can exacerbate the actual market problems.
Decision-makers in companies will make harsh short term decisions either to look responsible to shareholders or to cover their asses from upper management, and these decisions can have negative long term consequences to the company, employees (especially those laid off), and the market in general.
How often do we see news of mass layoffs, and a month or two later we see a big hiring round from the same companies? This is grossly inefficient for the companies, and it's obviously very harmful to those let go.
If the media didn't jump on every potential disaster with such fervor, we would all be better off. But promoting fear gets attention, and attention is potential revenue... or votes.