Consumer Confidence Is Crashing — And They’re Lying About Why

📉 Confidence Is Dead — And They Know It The Conference Board’s latest Consumer Confidence Index just nosedived to 88.7, the lowest since April. Expectations for the future? Even worse — down 8.6 points. Optimism isn’t slipping. It’s getting obliterated. Corporate media frames it like an emotional hiccup. But let’s cut through the PR fluff: when people stop believing they’ll find work or afford their lives six months from now, you’re not dealing with sentiment — you’re dealing with economic trauma. 🧊 Welcome to the “No Hire, No Fire” Economy One key stat tells the whole story: only 6% of workers now say jobs are “plentiful.” That number used to be 28.6% just last month. That’s a cliff dive —…