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From: illyia	3/27/2012 2:05:46 PM
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Confidence Drops As Consumers Brace For Surge In Inflation By Tyler Durden Published on ZeroHedge ( http://www.zerohedge.com) Created 03/27/2012 - 10:18 [1] Submitted by Tyler Durden [1] on 03/27/2012 10:18 -0400 Consumer Confidence [2] Richmond Fed [3] Consumer Confidence fell for only the second time since this unerring rally began and basically met expectations but it is under the covers that is concerning. Expectations for high inflation in the next six months has reached its highest level in six months jumping considerably from the previous month. Combine this with the overall drop in the expectations subindex of the consumer confidence index which fell for the first time in 5 months and all is not well in the 'stocks are going up so we are all doing great and the economy must be awesome'-transmission mechanism. On top of this wonderful news, the Richmond Fed missed expectations (with its biggest miss in 10 months) - taking us to 15 of 17 (removing the consumer confidence and S&P Case Shiller meets) missed economic data prints now. 7 of the 9 subindices of the Richmond Fed index dropped precipitously with only wages rising notably (more inflation?) even as 'number of employees' slumped by more than half and expectations for 'number of employees' in six months fell to its lowest since September. It would appear that higher gas prices are much more of a detrimental impact on the individual's confidence than a rising equity market is a boost - whocouldanode? Consumer Confidence Expectations Sub-Index fell for the first time in 5 months... [4] and it would appear consumer confidence has peaked for this cycle (as Gas Prices crush the hopes and dreams of every Central Banker's Animal Spirits)... [5] (h/t John Lohman) Similar Articles You Might Enjoy: Consumer Confidence Richmond Fed Source URL: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/confidence-drops-consumers-brace-surge-inflation Links: [1] zerohedge.com [2] zerohedge.com [3] zerohedge.com [4] zerohedge.com [5] zerohedge.com

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