To quote an article about businesses storing up cash:
"It's a chicken and egg problem," said Christopher Dvorak, president of Dvorak Technical Research, a Minneapolis-based equity research firm. "If there was a demand for products, companies would hire employees to fill that demand. And because they're not hiring, there's not enough demand."
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I guess it's more a question of consumer confidence.