beSpacific<p>University of Michigan’s closely watched <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ConsumerSentiment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerSentiment</span></a> index nosedived to 50.8 in April from 57 last month. Sentiment is now at its second-lowest level in history. Expectations for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> also hit the highest level in 44 years, according to the survey. Meanwhile, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WallStreet</span></a> executives warned <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> were sending the U.S. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> into the unknown and that the uncertainty was already hurting <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/consumers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>consumers</span></a> and companies alike. <a href="https://data.sca.isr.umich.edu/fetchdoc.php?docid=78393" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">data.sca.isr.umich.edu/fetchdo</span><span class="invisible">c.php?docid=78393</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/insidertrading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insidertrading</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a></p>