The Conference Board's latest data reveal a May resurgence in US consumer confidence, arresting a quinquemestrial decline with a 12.3-point surge to 98 from April's nadir of 85.7—a level not seen since the pandemic's onset—ostensibly driven by a marginal attenuation of anxieties surrounding the macroeconomic ramifications of the Trump administration's tariffs; notwithstanding this amelioration, the short-term expectations index, encompassing income, business climate, and employment prospects, languished sub-80, portending a potential economic retrenchment, while the Bureau of Labor Statistics' report of 177,000 new jobs in April provided a modicum of reassurance, anxieties regarding tariff impositions and inflationary pressures preponderated within survey responses, albeit with a discernible uptick in reported intentions to augment expenditure on durable goods such as housing and automobiles, alongside discretionary spending on leisure activities.