U.S. consumer confidence declined in May according to major surveys.
The Conference Board's consumer confidence index fell to 93.1 in May, a 0.7 point decline. Both the Conference Board and University of Michigan surveys show consumers downgrading their economic views, though they disagree on the severity of the pessimism.
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Divergence score
2 outlets covered it, splitting into 2 framing camps across 2 bias groups.
2 camps
2 bias groups
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The spectrum · how 2 outlets placed this story
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Axios
Wall Street Journal
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International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
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- Wall Street Journalfirst
- Axios+1.4 h
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The split, in one line
Axios highlights the stark gap between two surveys on just how bad sentiment is, while the WSJ leads with the straightforward sentiment worsened in May finding.
How each outlet covered it
Lightly covered so far
Too few outlets to map a left-right split. Here is each take as it stands.
Sparse coverage · 2 outlets
“A tale of two consumer sentiment gauges”
“U.S. Consumer Sentiment Worsened in May”
4 tracked claims across 2 outlets
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The Conference Board survey cutoff was May 19, before optimism over an Iran deal emerged.
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