Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Economic Propoganda: Not Sure How I Feel About It

Look at this graph: http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/madoff/ABC%20Feb%202%20-%20comp.jpg

I'm not sure how these surveys differ in methodology, but that gap is growing (and the ABC line isn't moving anywhere that we want to go).

"It’s -6 among those with the highest incomes but -75 among those with the lowest, -39 among people who’ve attended college vs. -70 among those who never finished high school (their lowest since November), -46 among homeowners but -61 among renters (their lowest since October) and -47 among men vs. -52 among women.  Notable this week is the racial gap, -51 among whites (a point from their lowest ever) vs. -47 among blacks"

Clearly those who are hurt most in the current economic reality are the unhappiest.  But damn... those are some sad statistics.

Entire article here: http://www.zerohedge.com/article/abc-consumer-index-drops-lowest-reading-fall-divergence-umich-propaganda-reading-record

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