Cooper Katz-McKim

Cooper Katz-McKim appears in Indicators of 2025 and What to Watch in 2026 as the participant choosing consumer spending as a 2026 indicator. His segment contrasts weak [[ConsumerSentimentIndicator|consumer sentiment]] with resilient hard spending data, then asks whether aggregate spending is being carried by higher-income households.

The source uses RBC’s claim that the top 10% of consumers account for a near majority of spending. That makes Katz-McKim’s role a bridge between K-Shaped Consumer Spending, stock-market wealth exposure, and household stress below the top income slice.

Connections

• Planet Money and The Indicator - show context.
• K-Shaped Consumer Spending - indicator and concept his segment introduces.
• RBC - cited data source in the segment.
• Consumer Sentiment Indicator, CAPE Ratio Valuation Signal, and Car Affordability Stress - adjacent mood, asset-market, and household-credit branches.