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In surveys of economic confidence, British consumers report a net score of -32, a level last seen in the aftermath of Truss mini budget. But, when it comes to personal financial expectations, there is a positive score of +4. In other words, we expect the economy to be terrible, but for our own financial situation, a net balance of people are positive. Y 0:00 Intro 1:18 Bad News 2:11 Could it Get Worse? 3:03 Why Optimism? 4:47 Media Doom 5:24 Decline Living Standards 6:55 Debt Timebomb? ► Please SUBSCRIBE! https://www.youtube.com/c/economicshelp1?sub_confirmation=1 Sources: https://www.jrf.org.uk/cost-of-living/a-decade-of-falling-incomes-jrfs-pre-budget-assessment-of-living-standards https://nielseniq.com/global/en/news-center/2025/uk-consumer-confidence-down-two-points-in-september-to-19/ https://www.ft.com/content/d84d67e4-e8e1-4473-bf97-3dbfc2dba0cf https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications/trend-setters/ https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-k-economy-faces-rising-risk-of-a-hard-landing-says-boes-taylor-dad71ab3 ABOUT ----------- ► https://www.economicshelp.org was founded in 2006 by Tejvan Pettinger, who studied PPE at Oxford University and teaches economics. He has published several economics books, including: ► Economic Short Cuts https://amzn.to/3IgxupC ► 50 Essential Economic Ideas https://amzn.to/3IgxndG ► Cracking Economics. https://www.economicshelp.org/shop/cracking-economics/ ► What Would Keynes Do? Amazon https://amzn.to/2xShqq4 ► Economics Without the Boring Bits https://amzn.to/48T1hA9