All We Need Is Confidence - but Where Is It?

All we need is confidence - but where is it?

David Hargreaves has a look back at the first half of 2025 and hopes that we haven’t already seen the best part of the expected economic recovery this year

Confidence Crisis: Americans Grow Anxious Over Jobs, Prices, and Economic Outlook

Cover Image Attribute: A shopper pushes a shopping cart at a Costco store in Arlington, Virginia, on November 27, 2024. / Source: Benoit Tessier/ReutersIn June 2025, the pulse of American consumer sentiment weakened, as reflected in the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index, which fell 5.4 points to 93.0 from 98.4 in May. This unexpected retreat, contrary to analysts’ predictions of a rise to 99.5, underscores a growing unease among consu…