Mary Nelson<p>"US consumer sentiment plummets to second-lowest level on records going back to 1952"</p><p>"Americans are rarely this pessimistic about the economy.</p><p>Consumer sentiment plunged 11% this month to a preliminary reading of 50.8, the University of Michigan said in its latest survey released Friday, the second-lowest reading on records going back to 1952. April’s reading was lower than anything seen during the Great Recession."</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ConsumerSentiment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerSentiment</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/11/economy/us-consumer-sentiment-april/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/04/11/economy/us-</span><span class="invisible">consumer-sentiment-april/index.html</span></a></p>
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Yonhap Infomax News<p>U.S. stock markets tumble as stagflation fears grip investors, with Nasdaq plunging 2.7% amid deteriorating consumer sentiment and sticky inflation, raising concerns about economic growth prospects.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YonhapInfomax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YonhapInfomax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StockMarketPlunge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarketPlunge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StagflationFears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StagflationFears</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConsumerSentiment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerSentiment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InflationExpectations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InflationExpectations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EconomicOutlook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicOutlook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FinancialMarkets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialMarkets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Banking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Banking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Securities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Securities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bonds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StockMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StockMarket</span></a> <br><a href="https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=56180" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV</span><span class="invisible">iew.html?idxno=56180</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Fueling decline was a drop in the University of Michigan’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConsumerSentiment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerSentiment</span></a> index, which slumped to its lowest level in >1 year in Feb. The index showed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> more worried over the path for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a>….</p><p>The survey showed consumers expecting prices for goods & services would rise at an annual rate of 3.5% over the next 5–10 yrs, the most since 1995. Consumers are wary of spending on big-ticket items, & >½ of the respondents expect the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unemployment</span></a> rate to rise in the next year.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
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