Consumer Sentiment Falls for the 4th month in a row

The Consumer Sentiment Index, the CSI, dropped 11% in April, marking the fourth straight month of decline. In 2025, overall confidence has plummeted by 31%. Expectations for the economy's future have dropped by 36% this year. According to the University of Michigan, concerns are rising across the board: Republicans, Democrats, and independents alike are increasingly worried about their finances, job security, inflation, and the broader business climate. Expected inflation over the next 12 months has increased to 6.7%, a significant change from 2.8% last December. It should be noted that the drop in optimism is across the political spectrum, with the independents’ assessment of the economy now more resembling the Democrats than before.

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Kamran Afshar Associates, Inc. (KAA) is a consulting firm specializing in market research, customer satisfaction surveys, and economic analysis. KAA has been providing clients with professional analytical services since 1988, Indeed we pride ourselves on supplying our clients with detailed information and insightful analysis they need to guide strategic planning and key corporate decision-making. All KAA research projects are designed and conducted within a rigorous scientific framework and an overriding requirement to have direct business application. This provides the client with results that are reliable, and can be put into action with full confidence. Read More →

Why KAA?

KAA has been providing professional analytical services to corporations and organizations since 1988
KAA specializes in market research, customer satisfaction surveys, economic analysis and designing predictive models with the use of AI
KAA provides insightful analysis that guides our clients’ strategic planning and decision making. Our applied insight turns potential and existing customers into raving fans
The key differentiator of KAA’s operation from its competitors is a rigorous scientific framework that our Ph.D.’s employ on all research projects
KAA caters to the following client sets: Financial Institutions / Services, Retailers / E-tailers, Restaurants, Manufacturers and Large Distributors, Real Estate Developers, Hospitals, Municipalities, and the Transportation Industry.

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KAA research initiatives are designed and conducted by PhD’s in accordance with technical and analytical requirements. We provide results with scientific accuracy and statistical significance.

Competitive analysis / Customer Satisfaction Surveys
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Clients

KAA services a variety of multi-national, national and regional corporations. Including but not limited to:

All State Legal
Allegiance Bank
Allentown Osteopathic M.C.
Alpha Shirt Company
Bell and Howell
Borough of Fountain Hill
Cellular One
Chadwick Telephone
City of Allentown
CompTel
County of Lehigh
County of Northampton East Penn Bank
First Fidelity
Gertrude Hawk Chocolate
KNBT
Lafayette Ambassador Bank
LANTA
Lehigh Cement
Lehigh University
Lehigh Valley Bank
Lucent Technologies
LVI Airport
Mack Trucks, Inc. Mantas, Inc.
Mauch Chunk Trust Co.
Musikfest
National Penn Bank
Nazareth National Bank
Paragon Technologies
St. Luke’s Hospital
The Morning Call
Trans-Bridge
UGI
WFMZ-TV69
WLVT-TV39

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Kamran Afshar, Ph.D.
Director
Kamran Afshar Data Analytics Center (KADAC)
at KAA, Inc.
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