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Consumer Anxiety Rising
Please click here for a chart of S&P 500 ETF (SPY) which represents the benchmark for the stock market index (SPX).
Note the following:
- The U. S. economy is 70% consumer-based. Therefore we pay a lot of attention to the consumers.
- This earnings season, the earnings of consumer-oriented companies have been blockbuster. The reason is that the consumer has been confident and spending as they have never spent before.
- Now consumer anxiety is rising and the consumer is losing confidence.