Value is relative. If consumer spending drops it’s going to hurt a lot of services that rely on it.

Consumer spending remains strong. . .

From July:

Real GDP grew above market expectations in the second quarter of 2019, according to the advance estimate released this morning from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Growth was particularly strong in real consumer spending, which rose 4.3 percent at an annual rate in the second quarter of 2019. This increase is notably higher than the 2.5 percent pace set in the preceding four quarters.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/strong-consumer-spending...

Also, if the unemployment numbers continue at record lows, I would expect consumer spending to remain positive. A lot of the market instability has been due to the shaky trade stuff going on with China.

I wasn't exhaustive in my storytelling. Most of that growth came from M&A activity. Financial engineering.