The Patriot Post® · Consumer Confidence Drops in September

The economy isn’t out of the woods yet. The Wall Street Journal reports, “U.S. consumers unexpectedly pulled back on their economic optimism in September, according to a report released Tuesday. The Conference Board, a private research group, said its index of consumer confidence fell to 86.0 in September from a revised 93.4 in August, first reported as 92.4. The August index was the highest reading since October 2007, before the last recession started. The September drop puts confidence back to its lowest reading since May.” Barack Obama assured us just this past weekend, “The country is definitely better off than when I came into office.” The only real problem, he said, is the American people “don’t feel it.” That’s certainly true. More…