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Consumer Sentiment Surges as Inflation Fears Collapse and Tariff Strategy Becomes Clear
Breitbart ^ | 06/13/2025 | John Carney

Posted on 06/13/2025 9:08:38 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Consumer sentiment soared in early June, rising for the first time in six months and posting its strongest monthly gain since January 2024, according to preliminary data released Friday by the University of Michigan.

The university’s closely watched index of consumer sentiment jumped to 60.5 in the first half of June, up from 52.2 the prior month—a 16 percent gain that beat every estimate in a Wall Street Journal survey of economists. The expectations sub-index surged more than 21 percent, the biggest one-month gain since late 2023.

The sharp rebound in optimism follows weeks of steady economic data, including soft inflation reports and a series of trade announcements from the Trump administration aimed at restoring long-term stability to U.S. supply chains without reigniting price pressures.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: becomes; clear; collapse; consumer; fears; inflation; sentiment; strategy; surges; tariff
Unexpected
1 posted on 06/13/2025 9:08:38 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Gold and silver are interesting...
https://www.kitco.com/price/precious-metals


2 posted on 06/13/2025 9:15:34 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

unexpected.


3 posted on 06/13/2025 9:25:02 AM PDT by abb
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To: ChicagoConservative27

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/consumer-sentiment-reading-rebounds-to-much-higher-level-than-expected-as-people-get-over-tariff-shock/ar-AA1GEK9w?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds

Consumer sentiment reading rebounds to much higher level than expected as people get over tariff shock

Story by Jeff Cox •


4 posted on 06/13/2025 9:28:36 AM PDT by abb
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

5 posted on 06/13/2025 2:26:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (The moron troll Ted Holden believes that humans originated on Ganymede.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The MSM will NOT run with this story.


6 posted on 06/14/2025 9:09:59 AM PDT by GOPJ (The "PROTECT CRIMINAL ILLEGALS" riots are subsidize by cartels, commies, and organized crime)
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