The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had declined marginally in June (a downward revision), improved in July. The Index now stands at 121.1 (1985=100), up from 117.3 in June. The Present Situation Index increased from 143.9 to 147.8, while the Expectations Index rose from 99.6 last month to 103.3.
Google is a monopoly, and paid-in-full member of the surveillance, financialized deep-state.
As with all revolutionary technologies, from oil to auto to computers, they moved from start-up, to pre-eminence, to elite control.