Posted on 09/24/2013 9:55:53 AM PDT by whitedog57
The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index declined to 79.7, the weakest since May, from 81.8 a month earlier.
Consumer confidence remains below the 100 threshold last seen under President Bush (Dubya).
cc092413
In fact, consumer confidence is back to the grim old days of President Jimmy Carter.
Conference-Board-consumer-confidence-index
Of course, declining real median household income will do that.
medianhouseholdincome
Welcome back, Carter!
carterd
Ah the good old days of malaise.
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