Thank You Mr. Trump: Consumers Are Confident As Hell

I'm really not sure why the Conference Board even bothered with the latest reading on consumer confidence. I mean really, all you needed was the tweet shown above to know how the nation is feeling, right? In fact, why don't we just eschew the data altogether and collectively tune in to the new president's Twitter feed at prespecified times? Trump could then just wet his finger, stick it in the air, and tell us which way he thinks the proverbial wind is blowing. Well despite Trump's early rea