Consumer Spending Predictions

Browse Consumer Spending market predictions and forecasts from well-known financial commentators. Each prediction is tracked from the date it was published to its estimated deadline, then graded correct or wrong based on the outcome.

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2 forecasts
Person Subject Forecast* Source Date Deadline** Outcome
David Rosenberg Consumer Spending Real consumer spending will turn negative as real wages contract
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[18:26] what we're going to be left with is negative real wage growth which came out of the that that was the main message out of the non-forpe report that came out for May is that once we get the CPI numbers uh for April, we're going to see yet again the second month in a row real wages are contracting and unless the savings rate goes down to zero that's going to lead to negatives in real consumer spending.

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Wealthion 2026-05-15 2026-12-31 pending
Cameron Dawson Consumer Spending Consumers are approaching a point where they will pull back on spending in a more meaningful way due to negative real wage growth
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[33:59] we've actually now tipped into negative real wage growth uh based on the on the recent employment data uh as well as the recent inflation data. And so that that would suggest that consumers um you are getting to a point where they could potentially start to actually pull back on spending in a more meaningful way.

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Thoughtful Money 2026-05-14 2026-12-31 pending