Our wallets are tired.
Costs continue to rise across the board.
Groceries, insurance, rent and more have skyrocketed over the past few years.
Inflation iscreeping up again.
This nationwide economic blackout is set for Friday, February 28.
Heres what you better know about the movement.
What Is an Economic Blackout, Exactly?
The organization is urging people to avoidshopping onlineor in-store for non-essential items on February 28.
Its also asking consumers not to spend money on fast food, gas or major retailers likeAmazon and Walmart.
It starts at midnight February 28 and ends 11:59 p.m. the same day.
You brew coffee at home, you dont walk into Target and you refuse to order avocado toast.
(Can you sense my millennial sarcasm there?)
The call to action comes as Americans continue to endure rising prices across the board.
Other retail-specific blackouts are planned through the spring.
Katie Sartoris is the managing editor at The Penny Hoarder.
She is an award-winning journalist with a decade of reporting and editing experience in the industry.
She joined the Penny Hoarder from Gannett, where she was a local news editor in Central Florida.
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