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Consumer Confidence Collapses From 59.2 To 44.2: Lowest Since April 2009, Hopium Ends As Outlook Crushed

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August consumer confidence plummets from 59.2 to 44.2, far below consensus of 52, dropping to its lowest level since April 2009. But, but, two insolvent Greek banks merged yesterday to make a really big insolvent Greek bank. Oh well: Americans don't care. And even uglier is the 6 month outlook chart which collapsed from 74.9 to 51.9, one of the biggest monthly drops in history. This sets the stage for the ISM, for NFP, for further GDP cuts, and for September 21.

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Tue, 08/30/2011 - 10:38 | 1614771 bankruptcylawyer
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when are the fucking morons going to understand, your stock market no longer has shit as to do with your economy. eat cake bitchez.

Tue, 08/30/2011 - 10:39 | 1614785 Everybodys All ...
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Charles Ponzi would be proud of how the market is behaving. Donuts anyone.

Tue, 08/30/2011 - 10:51 | 1614863 Sudden Debt
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Can't they put something in the drinking water to make the people more happy?

Cyanide or something?

 

Tue, 08/30/2011 - 11:08 | 1614951 krispkritter
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Hey! They can put it toothpaste too!

Tue, 08/30/2011 - 10:54 | 1614878 Justaman
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Didn't the economists tell us that bad data was merely transitory?  Too bad the consumers now realize that sentiment is a bunch of s***.

Tue, 08/30/2011 - 10:57 | 1614888 snowball777
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Wealth effect -> wealth e-fucked.

Tue, 08/30/2011 - 11:01 | 1614909 toady
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But I'm a confident 'consumer'!

I just 'consumed' two hundred more silver maple leafs, another Saiga 12, two hundred more rounds of triple aught buck AND slugs, and half a pallet of additional dried food supplies.

If thats not confidence in where the economy is headed, I don't know what 'confidence' is!

Tue, 08/30/2011 - 11:07 | 1614924 Sudden Debt
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and half a pallet of additional dried food supplies

a real party animal he? :)

 

A while back, I bought a 4 month supply of canned food because of the Fukushima explosion. My wife looked at me with 2 lazy eyes and said: "We ain't eating that. Return it or throw it away or otherwice you'll be eating canned food for the next 2 years."

There's still a lot in the basement and a heck of a lot in the garbage can :)

 

 

 

Tue, 08/30/2011 - 11:23 | 1615012 toady
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I'm the chief cook and bottle washer, so they eat what I put in front of them.

I have ALOT of cans of dehydrated nacho cheese. Whenever I suspect the kids won't eat something I smother it in cheese and they eat it up.

The wife is more difficult, but thats not unusual;)

Tue, 08/30/2011 - 12:50 | 1615429 Sudden Debt
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My back won't take another night on the cough so a few cans won't finish it off :)

 

Tue, 08/30/2011 - 11:36 | 1615042 plocequ1
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im very confident. I used irish spring this morning and rinsed my mouth with  scope mouthwash. Now gimme my electricity back. Three fucking days without porn.. GRRRRRRR

Tue, 08/30/2011 - 11:48 | 1615105 SokPOTUS
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Ooo.  Hadn't thought of that.  When TSHTF; there'll be a high unemployment rate in the porn industry.

Tue, 08/30/2011 - 11:52 | 1615127 plocequ1
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I have no fan due to power outage. Bring on the shit

Tue, 08/30/2011 - 12:04 | 1615193 YesWeKahn
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Clearly that was a bullish event, when it reaches 0, it can no longer go lower. problem solved.

Tue, 08/30/2011 - 13:15 | 1615393 BlackholeDivestment
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5oLuTQEL3ec

...time for usual sudden destruction event and ensuing prophetic peace, only this time with the final mark of the beast sealing of the nations an Israel ...Bitchez. New World Order and New Age Occult Antichrist bullshit against the prophetic call of our Father in Christ. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etvNHZx_Bb4&feature=related

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