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Soon after, loneliness and a sense of being unanchored led Hoppus to write “Adam’s Song” as he contemplated taking his own life.

"The problem the US faces is that inflation remains a primary risk and is showing signs of consumer expectations becoming unanchored from the 2% target," said Lindsay James, investment strategist at Quilter.

During her time at university, Sif said she had felt "very unanchored" while she came to terms with her sexuality.

"For a data dependent Fed, this is not good news as they do not want to see consumer inflation expectations become unanchored, since historically it becomes increasingly difficult to reset consumer psychology towards a lower inflationary environment," Quincy Krosby, Chief Global Strategist for LPL Financial, said in a note following the latest Michigan survey.

But he did say, quoting Fed Chair Jerome Powell in a 2018 speech, that in some uncertain situations -- when there is a risk of a financial crisis, or when inflation expectations are at risk of becoming unanchored -- the cost of doing too little outweighs the cost of doing too much.