Economy News Consumer Confidence Slips To Six Month Low Americans ‘gloomy’ About Economy

The great consumer cooldown: As confidence slips and budgets shrink, even Wall Street admits the American shopper is tapped out

According to Numerator data as of Wednesday, consumer confidence held steady in November, though it remains at a four-year low. ・The data showed that the consumer confidence score was 53.9 in November ... Read More

The chill in the air is the U.S. economy. American consumer confidence has dropped just in time for the holidays

This year, that pattern has changed. According to The Conference Board, the Consumer Confidence Index fell from 95.5 in October to 88.7 in November. The decline comes at a time when many households ... Read More

American nerves are being wracked by economic doubts as Black Friday kicks off the holiday shopping season. Consumer confidence slumps again.

High anxiety is the state of mind among Americans as the holiday shopping season gets under way in what’s been a tumultuous year. Consumer confidence slumped again and was near a postpandemic low. A ... Read More

Why US Consumers Just Became the Most Nervous They’ve Been in Months

Consumer confidence fell for the fourth straight month as labor market worries and the government shutdown helped undercut expectations about the economy in the near-term. Read More

Consumer confidence falls sharply as Americans worry about the economy

Consumer confidence plunged in November to lowest level since April as Americans cite inflation, tariffs, and uncertainty as weighing on sentiment, according to The Conference Board. Read More

Americans are feeling worse about the economy as government shutdown drags on

The record-breaking government shutdown has left Americans feeling worse about the economic outlook. That’s according to the latest University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey, which showed the ... Read More

Consumer sentiment drops to 3-year low as Americans worry about shutdown's economic impacts

US consumer sentiment plunged in November as Americans feared the government shutdown’s effects on the economy and their personal finances. Overall sentiment dropped to 50.3, about a 6% decline from ... Read More

U.S. consumer confidence near lowest point as shutdown drags

Nov. 7 (UPI) --A new survey by the University of Michigan suggested that Americans may be frightened over the economy as the ongoing U.S. government shutdown reverberates with no end in sight. The ... Read More

Stocks near all-time highs. Consumer sentiment near-record lows. So what gives?

Plunging sentiment among American consumers doesn’t necessarily spell disaster for the U.S. economy. The University of Michigan reported last week that its consumer-sentiment index has fallen to 50.3, ... Read More