US consumer confidence slips to six-month low; worries over job availability rising

[C_Clayton_Jones]

‘U.S. consumer confidence eased to a six-month low in October amid worries about the availability of jobs in the near-term, offering more ammunition for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates again on Wednesday.
[…]
Lower-income households are struggling to make ends meet amid higher prices, including from President Donald Trump's broad tariffs on imports, economists say. The Conference Board said references to prices and inflation in write-in comments to the survey remained the main topic influencing consumers' views of the economy this month. It said while the mention of tariffs declined, the number of references remained elevated.

"Consumers are weary and for good reason, the stock market records are not helping them get jobs or put food on the table, and with store-bought goods inflation still rising, many Americans are being left behind in Trump 2.0," said Christopher Rupkey, chief economist at FWDBONDS.’

https://archive.ph/FzCc6

For those who voted for Trump because of ‘the economy,’ another example of the stupidity of voting for Trump – particularly when Trump said he’d start trade wars with tariffs, particularly when economists warned that tariffs would increase prices and costs for consumers.

Tariffs are a tax increase on consumers.

And tariffs don’t work; Americans are suffering under Trump for no good reason.

 

[wamose]

‘U.S. consumer confidence eased to a six-month low in October amid worries about the availability of jobs in the near-term, offering more ammunition for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates again on Wednesday.
[…]
Lower-income households are struggling to make ends meet amid higher prices, including from President Donald Trump's broad tariffs on imports, economists say. The Conference Board said references to prices and inflation in write-in comments to the survey remained the main topic influencing consumers' views of the economy this month. It said while the mention of tariffs declined, the number of references remained elevated.

"Consumers are weary and for good reason, the stock market records are not helping them get jobs or put food on the table, and with store-bought goods inflation still rising, many Americans are being left behind in Trump 2.0," said Christopher Rupkey, chief economist at FWDBONDS.’

https://archive.ph/FzCc6

For those who voted for Trump because of ‘the economy,’ another example of the stupidity of voting for Trump – particularly when Trump said he’d start trade wars with tariffs, particularly when economists warned that tariffs would increase prices and costs for consumers.

Tariffs are a tax increase on consumers.

And tariffs don’t work; Americans are suffering under Trump for no good reason.

You can thank Democrats who flooded our country with 20 million uneducated, unscreened illegal aliens under Biden. What the hell did you people think was going to happen to them?

 

[Meathead]

‘U.S. consumer confidence eased to a six-month low in October amid worries about the availability of jobs in the near-term, offering more ammunition for the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates again on Wednesday.
[…]
Lower-income households are struggling to make ends meet amid higher prices, including from President Donald Trump's broad tariffs on imports, economists say. The Conference Board said references to prices and inflation in write-in comments to the survey remained the main topic influencing consumers' views of the economy this month. It said while the mention of tariffs declined, the number of references remained elevated.

"Consumers are weary and for good reason, the stock market records are not helping them get jobs or put food on the table, and with store-bought goods inflation still rising, many Americans are being left behind in Trump 2.0," said Christopher Rupkey, chief economist at FWDBONDS.’

https://archive.ph/FzCc6

For those who voted for Trump because of ‘the economy,’ another example of the stupidity of voting for Trump – particularly when Trump said he’d start trade wars with tariffs, particularly when economists warned that tariffs would increase prices and costs for consumers.

Tariffs are a tax increase on consumers.

And tariffs don’t work; Americans are suffering under Trump for no good reason.

Now that SNAP is running out people will have to look for jobs. No wonder they're worried.

 

[Winston]

You can thank Democrats who flooded our country with 20 million uneducated, unscreened illegal aliens under Biden. What the hell did you people think was going to happen to them?

That is just stupid. When will you stop using that excuse for everything? Besides, Noem tells us those illegal aliens are self-deporting two on a horse, millions of them. If they were the problem consumer confidence numbers would be headed up, not down.

Much of the problem is the tariffs. But not mentioned in the article is just the incompetence, and corruption, within this administration. They do not inspire confidence.

 

[Dekster]

I guess MAGA will only be able to buy 1 Trump flag from China instead of 5 for their truck this Christmas.