Consumer Confidence Plunges—Is Government Control to Blame?

As tariffs and inflation fears rise, America’s economic divide deepens over control vs. free markets.

America's plummeting consumer confidence reveals deep cultural divides in how Americans respond to economic uncertainty and government intervention.

What's Happening

• Consumer confidence index dives to eight-month low

• One-year inflation expectations highest in over 1-1/2 years

• Survey notes mentions of tariffs at levels unseen in six years

As confidence drops …