With inflation having hit 3% and unemployment rising to 4.4%, the third part of the troubled trifecta, US consumer sentiment, has fallen to one of the lowest levels on record. The final November sentiment index dropped to 51 from 53.6 in October, according to the University of Michigan. Views of personal finances were the dimmest since 2009. Data from the survey along with studies by private companies have become more useful of late, as federal agencies once renown for their “gold standard” in economic data have become unreliable. MAGA