Consumer confidence is a catch-all phrase for the opinions and attitudes of consumers about the current and future strength of the economy.
Consumer confidence index (CCI) is a standardised confidence indicator providing an indication of future developments of households’ consumption and saving.
The Consumer Confidence Index is based on the Consumer Confidence Survey, which has a responding sample size of 3,000 questionnaires. The survey was initially conducted every two months starting in 1967 but changed to monthly tracking in 1977.
There are five questions asked in the survey. The first two relate to present economic conditions while the remaining three are related to future expectations.
There's congestion in German cities too. The point isn't to drive away. During rettungsgasse, nobody goes anywhere. They just make way by stopping to the sides.
The problem in NY is that the cars are too big for the lanes to do that.
Now, if you look at the change from the beginning of Trump's first term where the tariffs were increased by 10% points (from 10% to 20%) and to the end of Biden's term in which Trump's tariffs were maintained, the imports dropped by 100 billion - regardless of COVID.
That could be a good thing or a bad thing depending on what you want to talk about.
But.. now Trump increases the tariffs by an additional 114% points. (From 20% to 134%)
Assuming there is a correlation between tariffs and imports, which is the very point of doing it according to Trump, that would mean that imports would have to drop 1140 billion. This is obviously not possible from a 400 billion import, so it's essentially putting a full stop to all trades with China.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing? Well. It's great that USA is not paying China, but... where does USA get stuff from then? 400 billion dollars worth of stuff not being available in USA will definitely cause all kinds of issues.
Concentration and focus, sometimes expression or simply indulgence.
It can happen in other situations too. Sports for instance.
Music is just one of those abstract things where you need to keep focus for a longer duration.
Try tapping your finger in a steady rhythm counting 1,2,3,4 repeatedly. After a while you'll want to close your eyes. Eventually you'll make a tap that is ever so slightly early or late and you'll probably start smirking or tighten other facial muscles.
If that doesn't happen to you, perhaps try holding a dumbbell in a straight arm for as long as you can. Most people will start doing weird faces before they inevitable have to give up, even if the funny faces does nothing to keep the dumbbell up.
Imagine if it's a live stream, changing the plot as you watch dependent on your reaction.
At first it might be fun to see what happens if Frodo doesn't throw the ring in the lava, but eventually you gotta ask yourself why you're wasting your time in front of a screen watching weird cat videos.
When Reddit changed the layout (new/old) some ten years ago, I started using a 3rd party app, because "new reddit" was everything that I hated about other sites.
I stopped using it when they killed 3rd party apps, but that was really just the final nail in the coffin anyway. It was rotten to the core long before that.
It's a connect thing.
Mine shows 2 buttons where the thumbnail used to be in list view. The top is internal and the bottom is external.
If you can see the thumbnail, try clicking the top half.