Last week we showed the cognitive dissonance [7], nurtured by a liquidity-providing Fed, that has growth this year between stocks and economic confidence. In the last week, fed by a diet of DC headlines, Gallup's economic confidence index [8] has collapsed. In fact, this is the worst 3-week plunge since Lehman - worse than during the 2011 Debt Ceiling debacle.
Gallup's Economic Confidence is collapsing...
at the fastest pace since Lehman...
Data: Gallup [8]


