Consumer Confidence Slips Amid Rising Costs | Irvine News

Presented by The Plant Daddies — rare specimen trees, living art, and hand-carved limestone vessels and fountains for extraordinary spaces. Showrooms in Los Angeles and Irvine. Listeners of Irvine News Today receive 10% off with code LANEWS10. theplantdaddies.com/lanews Consumer confidence just took a hit as the Conference Board’s index dropped to 90.8—down from 92.2 in June—thanks mostly to rising gas prices back to around $4.10 a gallon, shrinking job market outlooks, and ballooning grocery bills. With three straight months of decline in business and employment sentiment, and global tensions with Iran looming, everyday costs and world events are reshaping how Americans feel about the economy. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/1e4d5adb37408cc3