🔻 Confidence Collapse: The American Consumer Is Tapping Out When the American consumer throws in the towel, it’s time to pay attention. That’s exactly what just happened. According to the latest data from the Conference Board, U.S. consumer confidence plummeted to 92.9, down sharply from last month’s revised 100. Economists had been hoping for a gentler slide to around 94.2 — but instead, we got a full-blown nosedive. And here’s the kicker: this marks the fourth straight month of decline. You have to go back more than a decade to see this kind of pessimism in the Expectations Index, which just sank to 65.2 — the lowest level in twelve years. ⚠️ What That 65.2 Reading Really Means Now, if…
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