Fear, fatigue & finances: America's mood heading into 2026
Yahoo Finance·2025-12-30 22:25
You don’t need a psychic to tell you that we could be in for a rough ride in 2026. Of course, that’s not slowing down the ESP brigade one little bit, as the internet is rife with bleak predictions of global conflict and economic ups and downs. People are certainly worried about the economy. Consumer sentiment in December sank 29% from 2024, according to the University of Michigan’s monthly survey. Nearly half of Americans said they are more stressed heading into 2026 than they were at the beginning of ...