Gallup Polls/Jeffrey M. Jones/5-321-2022
“Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index measured -45 in May, down from -39 in each of the previous two months. It is the lowest reading in Gallup’s trend during the coronavirus pandemic, and likely the lowest confidence has been since the tail end of the Great Recession in early 2009.”
USAGOLD note: Such pessimism often leads to a gold purchase as a matter of self/family preservation.
