The Confidence Crisis: Just the Beginning The latest numbers from The Conference Board reveal a chilling reality: the Consumer Confidence Index plunged by 7 points in February to 98.3, its lowest since mid-2024. The most concerning metric? The Expectations Index, which measures how people feel about the economy six months from now, collapsed to 72.9—officially entering recession territory. This isn't just a minor dip. This is the third consecutive month of decline, and history tells us that once this index drops below 80, a recession is virtually inevitable. It last hit this level in June 2024, and we all saw what followed—layoffs, market turmoil, and a Federal Reserve scrambling to fix what it had broken. The cause? People are waking…
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