Consumer Confidence Collapses From 59.2 To 44.2: Lowest Since April 2009, Hopium Ends As Outlook Crushed

Submitted by Tyler Durden
08/30/2011 10:07 -0400
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August consumer confidence plummets from 59.2 to 44.2, far below consensus of 52, dropping to its lowest level since April 2009. But, but, two insolvent Greek banks merged yesterday to make a really big insolvent Greek bank. Oh well: Americans don't care. And even uglier is the 6 month outlook chart which collapsed from 74.9 to 51.9, one of the biggest monthly drops in history. This sets the stage for the ISM, for NFP, for further GDP cuts, and for September 21.

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