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Global Financial Crisis Coming Soon with David Stryzewski #5790
If you know where the Consumer is going, you will know where our economy is headed. US Consumer Confidence declined in April from 104 to 101.
The survey began on April 3 (about three weeks after the bank failures)
The Expectations Index—based on consumers' short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions—fell to 68.1 from 74.0.
The Expectations Index has now remained below 80—the level associated with a recession within the next year
This type of reading points to Consumers spending less and saving more over the next year.
One thing particularly concerning was that this…
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