Advisor Perspectives had a post of April 30, 2021 (“Michigan Consumer Sentiment…“) that displays the latest Conference Board Consumer Confidence and Thomson/Reuters University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index charts. They are presented below:
(click on charts to enlarge images)
![Conference Board Consumer Confidence](https://www.economicgreenfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Dshort-4-30-21-Conference-Board-Consumer-Confidence-Index.png)
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![University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index](https://www.economicgreenfield.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Dshort-4-30-21-Michigan-Consumer-Sentiment.png)
While I don’t believe that confidence surveys should be overemphasized, I find these readings and trends to be notable, especially in light of a variety of other highly disconcerting measures highlighted throughout this site.
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The Special Note summarizes my overall thoughts about our economic situation
SPX at 4179.77 as this post is written
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