US Consumer Sentiment Slides While Inflation Expectations Jump

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U.S. consumer sentiment falls; inflation expectations jump

U.S. consumer sentiment fell to one of the lowest readings on record and long-term inflation expectations climbed to the highest since 1991 on fears of the economic fallout from tariffs.

Consumer expectations plunge at fastest pace since 1990 recession

“Some measures of expectations on both the business and consumer fronts look outright recessionary,” Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Jan Hatzius said.

Consumer sentiment skids again

U.S. consumer sentiment fell to one of the lowest readings on record and long-term inflation expectations climbed to the highest since 1991 on fears of the economic fallout from tariffs.

Washington. US consumers’ confidence in the country’s economy and that of their families fell in April for the fourth consecutive month and expectations of inflation performance rose to peaks in 1981, in a context of concern about the economic impact of tariffs.

Madrid. Consumer confidence in the United States registered its fourth consecutive monthly decline in April, according to the index produced by the University of Michigan. This occurs while the inflation expectations of U.S. households rise to peaks in 1981.In particular, the confidence figure was 52.2 points in April, compared to 57 the previous month, which implies a fall of 8.4 per cent per month and an annual drop of 32.4 per cent. The great…