ECONODAY: Consumer sentiment ends July at 97.9 which is down 3 tenths from June but more immediately is up 8 tenths from the mid-month flash to imply a reading over the last two week closer to 99. Expectations, which sank during the trade-war build up in June, bounced 1.0 point higher in July to 87.3. Current conditions, however, slipped back 2.1 points to 114.4 in what may hint at less robust consumer spending in July...
