Browsing: consumer sentiment
It turns out that Joe Biden really did crush Americans’ dreams for the future. Just look at how the vibe changed 5 years ago
President Donald Trump rode Americans’ gloom about inflation and the economy to a surprising reelection in 2024. Then, a year…
‘If voters feel like things aren’t working, they fire their politicians’: K-shaped economy math shows why Trump’s base feels betrayed
Days before President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term, he acknowledged the high prices Americans were seeing…
Economist behind K-shaped economy sees a ‘sea of despair’ for the bottom 90% and a ‘crisis of confidence’ in the American dream
Peter Atwater, adjunct professor of economics at William & Mary and president of Financial Insyghts, knows a thing or two…
Consumer sentiment is sinking across the board — except for Americans with the most stocks
The ongoing government shutdown has helped push confidence to near-record lows, but one segment of the population is actually feeling…
A Los Angeles Times headline in 1995 asked, “Can the department store survive?” A quarter century later, CNN proclaimed that…
Chipotle CEO says there’s ‘no smoking gun’ for burrito sales dip—but he wants customers to give the chain for more ‘credit’ for affordable prices
As more Americans grow anxious about the economy and start pulling back on eating out, CEO Scott Boatwright wants consumers…
Americans used to say one thing about their feelings on the economy and do something else with their actual dollars.…
US consumer sentiment unexpectedly fell for the first time in three months as lingering frustration with a high cost of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A surge in optimism by Democrats over the prospects of Vice President Kamala Harris lifted U.S. consumer…
U.S. consumer sentiment unexpectedly declined to the lowest level in eight months in early July as high prices continued to…












