US Consumer Confidence Slides In October As 'Hope' Tumbles

The Labor Differential improved to 6.6 (jobs are easier to get) - its highest since March - but plans to buy cars and major appliances slumped (homes rose modestly) as expectations for income gains in the next 12 months dropped.

  • Oct 27, 2020 10:06 AM

Back On The Polls

...if we treat pollsters the way we do central banks, we will simply increase their budgets so they can tell us --inaccurately-- what more people are thinking about more aspects of their lives...

  • Oct 27, 2020 9:56 AM