The latest biweekly reading of the Penta-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) fell by 0.8 points, from 32.5 to 31.7, after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point. Click to view image. Two of the ESI’s five indicators decreased during this period. Confidence in the overall U.S. economy decreased the… Continue reading Economic sentiment decreases following interest rate cut