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consumer

[kuhn-soo-mer] / kənˈsu mər /
NOUN
person who buys merchandise, services
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Sustained low consumer sentiment is attributed to a series of price shocks and modern media amplifying negative economic news.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

In May, lower-income Americans and people without college degrees saw some of the steepest drops in consumer sentiment, according to Joanne Hsu, director of the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment survey.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

That shock, and the lasting annoyance it caused among consumers, helps explain why consumer sentiment is seemingly out of line with what traditional economic indicators would predict.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

In May, consumer sentiment fell to a record low in the University of Michigan’s monthly survey.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

By the mid-1990s, dozens of small consumer lending companies were coming to market each year.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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