tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post9051929328625093899..comments2024-03-27T11:18:34.222-03:00Comments on Viable Opposition: GDP Growth and Consumers' Perception of Well-BeingA Political Junkiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03342345936277964422noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6399730406480392183.post-17182408605143265562013-12-11T07:52:32.981-04:002013-12-11T07:52:32.981-04:00thanks for putting the issue of consumer confidenc...thanks for putting the issue of consumer confidence into perspective. I contribute the recent rise in this index to the constant barrage from the media that thing are getting better, this may be politically driven or based on hope. A manipulated stock market distorted by recent economic policy hides and mask the real truth and has become ground zero in the war to convince us all is well. Fact is if QE or the massive government deficit spending that props up our economy is removed it will fold like a cheap umbrella. The post below delves deeper into this subject.<br /><br />http://brucewilds.blogspot.com/2013/10/myth-of-economic-recovery.htmlBruce Wildshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10181323607060607040noreply@blogger.com