Consumer Sentiment Turns Very Much the Wrong Way
The U.S. recovery may have tame inflation and weak capacity and production, but now have the most highly watched report of the day, which is actually not even a government ...Read Full Story »
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Consumer Sentiment Surges to Post-Recession High
The Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment report for May is out. It offers a revised number from the preliminary report two weeks ago, and revisions rarely move the market as ...Read Full Story »
Consumer Sentiment Index, Leading Economic Indicators on the Upswing Again
Consumer sentiment as measured by the University of Michigan/Thomson Reuters index jumped from a weak 76.4 reading in April to a more robust 83.7 in May. Economists had expected a ...Read Full Story »
Consumer Confidence Shows Surprising Surge Higher
Economic readings are generally coming in weaker than expected, and you have to wonder how well the unemployment and payrolls report can come in this Friday. We have just seen ...Read Full Story »
Consumer Sentiment Takes a Dive
The Reuters/University of Michigan report on consumer sentiment is out for April. Sentiment took a big hit, falling to 72.3. Bloomberg was expecting a reading of 79.0, and Dow Jones ...Read Full Story »
Consumer Confidence Plunges Unexpectedly in March
The Conference Board is out with its March 2013 reading of consumer confidence. This is much broader than the "sentiment" report from the University of Michigan, but it is also ...Read Full Story »
Nosedive in March Consumer Sentiment
The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index took a surprising nosedive in March, falling from a final February reading of 77.6 to a preliminary March reading of 71.8, the ...Read Full Story »
ISM Manufacturing and Consumer Sentiment in February Surge Past Expectations
The stock and bond market just got two new economic readings to digest, and they are both indicating more strength than the economists were expecting. The first reading is the ...Read Full Story »
Consumer Sentiment Tanks, Worse Than All Expectations
The Reuters/University of Michigan survey is out with its preliminary January reading on consumer sentiment. Its sentiment index came in at 71.3, which is rather disappointing. Make that extremely disappointing. ...Read Full Story »
Consumer Sentiment Dives in November
Consumer sentiment as measured by the University of Michigan/Thomson Reuters index fell from 82.7 in October to 74.5 in November. All the talk and news coverage related to the fiscal ...Read Full Story »
October Consumer Sentiment Ticks Down but Remains Strong
The Reuter's/University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index has now been revised to a slightly lower level for October, but to a level that is still much better than trend over ...Read Full Story »
Ahead of FOMC, Many Key Economic Reports Coming
This week is a critical week for Fed watchers. Ben Bernanke and members of the Federal Reserve will start a two-day FOMC meeting. The announcement of the language and Fed ...Read Full Story »
September Consumer Sentiment Posts Huge Gains
The Reuter's/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index did not just post a gain. The gain was a surge, as September's sentiment reading managed to pop all the way up to ...Read Full Story »
University of Michigan Sentiment Shows Slight Uptick in Revision
The Reuters/University of Michigan Sentiment report for a revised end of July figure came in at 72.3. Dow Jones was calling for a report of 72.0, and Bloomberg also had ...Read Full Story »
Consumer Sentiment Takes A Dive, Friday the 13th Lives On
Is it bad luck to release a sentiment index reading on Friday the 13th? Apparently so. The Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary sentiment index for July came in at a very disappointing ...Read Full Story »
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