#160 - Small Business Owners and Consumers Slow Sentiment Improvement
From Daybreak with Anton by Anton Bayer
February 11, 2026 · 15 min · Season 1 · Episode 160
About this episode
The episode discusses the gradual improvement in consumer sentiment and small business confidence, along with its implications for the stock market.
Over the past three days, we've received reports on the state of consumer sentiment and small business confidence. The results show that both groups are slowly becoming more optimistic about the future, though improvement remains modest. Read in this UPdate, our review of several reports concerning consumer and small business sentiment and our views for the stock market.
People in this episode
Host: Anton Bayer
Topics covered
- consumer sentiment
- small business confidence
- optimism
- stock market
- economic reports
Keywords
- consumer sentiment
- small business
- confidence
- optimism
- stock market
- economic reports
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: consumer sentiment, small business confidence, stock market
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