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Consumer Confidence Crashes Amid Concerns About Delta Variant As Inflation Fear Soar
There was much confusion earlier this month when the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index even as the Conference Board Consumer Confidence printed at near post-covid high, forming a remarkable divergence and prompting question of which confidence indicator is right. We got the answer moments ago, when the Conference Board reported the number for August... and it was a doozy: coming in at 113.9, it was a plunge from last month's 129.1 (revised down to 125.1), and missed not only the consensus estimate of 123.0 but also missed the lowest sellside forecast. That said, and as shown in the chart below, the ... (full story)
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