#consumer confidence

[nodynasty4us]

“As inflation cools and the Federal Reserve prepares to lower interest rates, Americans’ assessments of the future are improving, which is bringing the country’s economic standing more in line with consumer sentiment.”

[allaboutforexworld]

Dow Jones Index in a Nutshell

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[latestnewschronicle]

August 2023: Downturn in US Consumer Confidence

In August 2023, the Consumer Confidence Index® took a dip, signaling shifts in the economic landscape. This decline, standing at 106.1 (1985=100), marked a departure from the upward trajectory of the previous months.

The Present Situation Index, reflecting consumers’ assessments of the current business and labor market conditions, decreased to 144.8. This downturn mirrors changing perceptions, notably concerns about rising prices for essentials like groceries and gasoline, affecting various age groups and income brackets.

The Expectations Index, gauging future income, business, and labor market conditions, also dropped to 80.2, raising questions about potential economic challenges ahead. Analysts note that despite some alleviation, concerns about an impending recession linger.

Dive deeper into the August data to understand the factors behind the diminished consumer confidence. The economic outlook is evolving, and we have the insights on diminished consumer confidence to guide you. Explore more to stay informed.

Source: Economic Insider

Also Read: Optimism Abounds: US Job Data Signals Balance Amid Economic Cooling

[ennovance]

Goods weak, services strong: Imports are falling, and this normally only happens when the economy is in a recession

 

The weakness in the goods sector is offset by continued strength in the less interest rate-sensitive service sector, which makes up 80% of GDP.

-Apollo

#investments #EconTwitter #ennovance

[newmediaandmarketing]

Consumer Confidence Index rose more than 7 points in June

The burst of confidence can be linked to a still-strong labor market and other macro factors considered among consumers of all demographics. Assessments of the present situation rose on sunnier views of business conditions in June employment conditions. Continue reading Untitled

[forextrendicator]

Consumer Confidence

The Consumer Sentiment Index is a measure of consumer confidence. It is published by a number of organizations in several countries. Inflation has been blamed for the decline in consumer confidence. Nevertheless, there are some good reasons to feel optimistic about the economy. The Consumer Sentiment Index is a good indicator of the health of consumer markets. Inflation blamed for fall in…

[hislop3]

Friday Feature: Senior Living Investment Outlook

TGIF! On a calendar year basis, we are into the home stretch for 2023. It’s generally about now that I start looking at how 2024 is shaping up. What trends are there to watch? What do markets look like now, socially and economically? What does policy and politics tell us about the year to come? Today’s feature is about senior living investment, real estate and M&A focused, for 2024. As I’ve…

[ennovance]

Americans Feel Better About the Economy. Should We Believe Them?

Key measures of consumer confidence offer a complicated view of economic sentiment

https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-feel-better-about-the-economy-should-we-believe-them-f1ff89d3?mod=economy_lead_pos2

[acewitch-writes]

I love Canon Remus and all of his flaws. Enough of this "Casanova of Gryffindor Tower" BS, Remus is the cowardly lion of Gryffindor tower. He values bravery because it is something that he lacks and yet still strives to be. He has an ingrained sense of shame and self-loathing and an inferiority complex that stems from society's contempt and marginalization towards Lycanthropy, a condition he was cursed with from a very young age. He wasn't a leader, he was a follower. A blind follower who believed to his core that he was unworthy of love and respect because of what he was.

Which opens the door to what I believe to be Remus' greatest flaw: His unwavering, unquestioning devotion to Albus Dumbledore.

I think Remus saw Dumbledore as the perfect encapsulation of Good. He was everything that Remus desperately wanted to be, everything that society was determined to believe a werewolf could never be. And maybe, if Remus could earn (and cling to) Dumbledore's favor and make him proud, he would prove to the world and himself that he is Good, too, in spite of his lifelong curse.

Remus felt that he owed Dumbledore a debt he could never hope to repay for allowing this chronically ill little boy into his school when no werewolf before him had ever been given such an opportunity. So many of Remus' choices in canon stem directly from this imagined debt that he had dedicated his life to paying. Hell, he didn't even hold a grudge against Snape for OUTING HIM to the entire wizarding world simply because Dumbledore trusted him.

Remus trusted Dumbledore wholeheartedly. And Dumbledore personally saw to Harry's placement with the Dursleys. Why should Remus have considered, for even a moment, that Harry wasn't safe? Certainly far safer than he would have been with a monster in close proximity, as Remus believed himself to be. In his mind, staying away from Harry was what was best for Harry. Until Dumbledore needed a favor, that is.

It's reductive to suggest that Remus failed Harry (and by extension, James) for putting his trust in Dumbledore to do right by Harry. James and Sirius trusted Dumbledore, too. They all did. Stripping away all of the nuance and blaming the abuse Harry suffered on Remus is simply unfair. NO ONE helped Harry, not even those who were fully equipped to do so, and Remus was the farthest thing from being equipped to take that on, what with being an impoverished werewolf living in a society that reviles his very existence. The only person who could have saved Harry from the abuse was the very man that placed him in that home, the very man that Remus revered with blind conviction.

[flufflecat]

this is STILL not my beautiful wife

[trivialbob]

If your day starts out with you shouting at drive-thru employees you're an asshole. There is nothing else I need to know about you to confidently assert that.

From inside my car I heard all of it.

You got upset with the voice on the speaker, because the price of a caramel frappe vanilla pistachio mochachino, clearly displayed on the huge menu, shocked you. I too wouldn't pay a lot of money either for all that sugar, fat, coffee and flavoring. But I also know the kid taking your order didn't set the price.

Then you snapped at the passenger in your car who, hearing your rage, said it was okay to drop the drink off the order. Wasted words, because you already decided she wasn't worth the price of that drink. "Take it off the order!"

At the first window, where you pay, you made the kid reach way out to grasp your card. It was starting to sprinkle but wouldn't have killed you to stretch your arm a little and meet the employee halfway.

The person at the second window handed you and orange juice you didn't order. More loud words drowned out her apology. When she asked you to pull ahead to the spot were drivers wait when the order isn't fully ready, of course you let her know, with added decibels, that too displeased you.

When I got my order I looked at the woman then at that car in front. I turned back to her and said "Good luck with that." She rolled her eyes, smiled, and wished me a nice day over the sound of Ella, Oliver, Sulley and Stella barking at her. Dogs can be assholes too.

[jayktoralldaylong]

Jon: If you need a vessel so bad why don't you just become-

Elias: Because I'm not scared of them.

Jon: ......

Elias: I don't need your body, Jon. I need your fear. 😈

Meanwhile, Elias the Gaslight King in earlier seasons: Jon you know I'd never let anything bad happen to you, I'm only trying to help. We need to save the world together, isn't that what we're trying to achieve? Oh Jon, Jon, Jon, bad things are only happening because you do not trust me. Trust me, and we can save everyone. Don't you believe me?

Then it went the exact opposite with Peter and Martin.💀😂💔

Peter: I've got the perfect plan to beat Elias. Can you do what it takes to become the hero?

Martin: I'm going to save the world?

Peter: Yes, and it will be you and you alone. Do you trust me?

Martin: I trust you.

That same season 💀

Peter: You played me! 😳😭 You've been lying to me this entire time.

Martin: You lied first 🙄 and I knew it the instant you told me I'd save the world. I can't save the world. I've never saved anything in my entire life. I'm not important enough to be the hero.

[narwhalandchill]

oh my fucking god i feel. SO stupid rn at How i didnt make the (super sane very normal just absolutely. Yes. Surely) connection earlier but uhh

so anyway im now like 89% certain that whatever the "traces" of the narwhal that remain on ajax and facilitate their (ever-growing) innate connection are like. an actually fundamental aspect of it (them?) more or less.

why? because if you consider its pov just for a moment. the narwhal was literally about to depart teyvat for good. it had nearly finished consuming the primordial sea and preparing to breach surface to finish the job by eating the french for the leftovers their human bodies were made from. its an interstellar voyager it does not linger on planets it devours. it goes glug glug and it leaves.

and like if it wasnt for traveler intervening its confirmed through narzissenkreuz and renes world formula that teyvat wouldve just been destroyed. no one could have stopped the narwhal not neuvillette not focalors not anyone.

so what was the one other thing it did right before going for that french brunch? calling for ajax. getting them reunited in the primordial sea. like all the possible implications aside bc theres many different ways to speculate on the exact reasons why and the nature of that link. the point remains.

it wasnt leaving teyvat without finding him.

like the narwhal is about to fucking Dip from this cringe planet and whatever part of it that ajax carries within himself his narwhal Absolutely wanted to be reunited with. what the fuck am i supposed to read from that. hoyo???????!??! answers?!?!?!

and its not only the calling from the narwhal side itself either bc this is ALL coinciding with the growth of a 'restless power' within ajax and his vision malfunctioning (the things celestia is literally confirmed to harvest energy thru to repair its damaged authority) and his connection with the narwhal reaching an actual conscious level (arguably subconscious n emotional too bc i find it Curious his mood is poor right as the narwhal is repeatedly described as positively malding to the point its boss fight mechanic is literally a rage meter). ajax' power is growing. his destiny is starting to shift and something is drawing him to fontaine... right as the narwhal is getting close to finished with the primordial sea. funny how it overlaps eh. how it aligns 🤨🤨 why are they orbiting each other like this (they should kiss)

(& not to even Mention how ajax just Happened to get that absolutely exponential and borderline unbelievable feat of power spike in extending his foul legacy endurance as massively as he did. while. within the primordial sea. with his narwhal. who had at that point all but incorporated the power of that sea into itself. i s2g if childe was getting passive home turf co-op bonus exp with a 4x multiplier automatically the whole 40+ days 💀💀)

[ell1th3gh0st]

And they scream, "What are you running away from?" / And I scream back, "Everything and everyone" [The 411 - Bears In Trees]

made a little comic very slightly based off of these lyrics :)

I very quickly sketched out the idea when I was listening to the song, and then when I went back to actually draw my idea I had almost no clue what I was going for lol

[discountalien-pancake]

Behold, the purse I made using the Bernadette Banner embroidery kit from Hand & Lock! Goldwork, sequins, “silk” shaded flowers, and pearls were stitched by me, the rest was pre-embroidered by machine. The teal dupioni was from my stash and the wrist strap was finger-loop braided with 7 bowes (loops) of size 12 perle cotton. Not visible is the cotton lining, also from my stash, and the magnetic clasp that I stitched on by hand.