Consumer confidence hits lowest point since April as job worries grow
Source: CNBC
Published Tue, Nov 25 2025 10:08 AM EST Updated 2 Hours Ago
Consumers soured on the current economy and their prospects for the future, with worries growing over the ability to find a job, according to a Conference Board survey released Tuesday.
The board’s Consumer Confidence Index for November slumped to 88.7, a drop of 6.8 points from the prior month for its lowest reading since April. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones were looking for a reading of 93.2. In addition, the expectations index tumbled 8.6 points to 63.2, while the present situation index slipped to 126.9, a decline of 4.3 points.
“Consumers were notably more pessimistic about business conditions six months from now,” said Dana Peterson, the board’s chief economist. “Mid-2026 expectations for labor market conditions remained decidedly negative, and expectations for increased household incomes shrunk dramatically, after six months of strongly positive readings.”
A key reading within the report that measures job expectations showed deterioration.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/25/consumer-confidence-lowest-point-since-april.html
Big news dump going on. Am guessing the media is dumping their ballast before they warp out for Thanksgiving. Finally got to this one.
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No one is buying anything but necessities.
Prices are UP on almost everything and no one can afford the prices.
Withholding the CPI for the month of October 2025 only adds to the problem as people have money invested in TIPS and Series-I inflation bonds. Folks with these investments likely don't know what to do -- buy or sell?
What a fiasco we now have thanks to the government shutdown caused by low IQ devotees of the FAT TACO boy.
Happy Thanksgiving not! Who the hell can afford a free range turkey these days?
A friend is coming over on Thanksgiving to cook a turkey she got from the local homeless center that gives her a "basket" every year as I rather think she has been homeless herself. 
& recommend.
It's in pandemic year 2020 territory, and among the lowest months of that year.
More graphs:
At https://www.conference-board.org/topics/consumer-confidence/
there is also a graph of Present Situation Index and Expectations Index (scroll down)
and Family's Current Financial Situation and Family's Expected Financial Situation, Six Months Hence
and Perceived likelihood of a US recession over the next 12 months