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Aussie105

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11. Low consumer confidence is a personal and emotional response.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun May 24, 2026, 02:32 AM

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Understandable in the current circumstances.
The future looks bleak, right?

But it has a significant economic effect too.

- people with money to spend defer purchases. Why bother? Those current prices going up don't help. Better wait.

- businesses look at ways to shore up their profitability in the light of real and imagined uncertainty by not hiring people, laying off workers.

- and politicians crank up their 'it is not that bad', 'things will get better' in your face, lying BS rhetoric.

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We have *never* before seen consumer sentiment this low. [View all] applegrove Saturday OP

This current administration plus Republican Party...... Lovie777 Sunday #1

This needs to be tied around the necks of the GOP for all eternity, because they WILL try this shit again given the Karasu Sunday #8

Exactly. I keep making the point that this isn't just about Trump... CaptainTruth Sunday #14

I think people are waking up to the realization that we are not worth much in this brave new world. Midnight Writer Sunday #2

One word: midterms. Don't lose hope. applegrove Sunday #3

I'm hanging a lot of hope on the midterms. calimary Sunday #4

yes Skittles Sunday #6

Well sure when trump says he doesn't Figarosmom Sunday #5

Sentiment? For this? AverageOldGuy Sunday #7

Set up AI to support the Big Shots and engineer the elimination of the rest of us hungry billions. It's called New Earth NBachers Sunday #9

Easy solution: stop electing fascists! Initech Sunday #10

Low consumer confidence is a personal and emotional response. Aussie105 Sunday #11

I'm sure it went lower, but Herbert Hoover was in the White House Vogon_Glory Sunday #12

Wow, even 1929-1939? Perhaps this parameter wasn't measured then? CaptainTruth Sunday #13

Because people just had to give the fucking turd a second chance he didn't deserve. Initech Sunday #15