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Consumer Sentiment at Lowest Level Since Stagflation Era
Mirroring the stagflation of the early 1980s, consumer sentiment hit its lowest level since that time period this month as short-term inflation continues to ramp up.
The Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary index of consumer sentiment dropped to 59.5 in May from 62.6 in April. The index is at its lowest level since June 1980. Consumer confidence was at 85.6 as recently as 2007.
“The consumer is getting extremely grumpy,” Brian Bethune, director of financial economics at Global Insight Inc., who had forecast a decline in the confidence index to 59.6, told Bloomberg News. “The economy is flirting with a recession. The only…
19May2008 | Money Morning | Comments Off | Continued
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