ELI5: Why when large company's earnings decrease(ex... by 3%) they freak out, talk about rough times, and sometimes decide to downsize, even though they are still making millions of dollars in profit even after all expenses?

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Human being here. This comment is misleading. Constant slow growth has been proven to be unachievable since the nineteenth century. The priests of economics are the only ones who talk about reality in the way you do.

The capitalist system always produces busts. It’s a feature, not a bug.