47.6 — The Number That Exposed America's Economic Fear

In seventy years of measuring American economic sentiment, no reading has ever been this low — 47.6.

This video traces the origins of the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index, examines every major crash in its seven-decade history, and breaks down the three forces — inflation, energy instability, and labor market stress — that drove confidence to a record low in April 2026. When this index has fallen below 55, economic pain has followed within months. It just fell through the floor.

We explore why the gap between hard data and soft data has never been wider, and what history says happens when that gap closes.

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