(idexonline.com) - With an official unemployment rate a shade under 4%, one might expect the American consumer to be feeling comfortable about spending more of his hard-earned cash. They should also feel that they are benefiting from the strength of the US economy. While diamantaires – including not a few with whom I spoke at the Carat+ show in Antwerp this week – say the US market is solid generally and strong in pockets, none of them said it was storming ahead. According to a new poll I saw, just 12% of Americans said that they feel they are enjoying the benefits of the economy, while another 32% said they had received some benefit from the economy, according to the Monmouth University Polling Institute. Most, however, said that their families are still struggling.
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