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Consumer Sentiment Dives in November

Posted: December 7, 2012 at 10:29 am

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 ...
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October Consumer Sentiment Rises Handily Above All Expectations

Posted: October 12, 2012 at 10:08 am

The Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment reading is out showing the preliminary October report. It gave a sentiment reading 83.1. This was well above the Bloomberg consensus reading of 78.3 ...
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Another Comment on Consumer Sentiment

Posted: June 29, 2012 at 12:22 pm

Today’s report on consumer sentiment from the Reuters/University of Michigan survey was not what economists, or anyone else for that matter, were looking for. We were no exception. The chief ...
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Consumer Sentiment Rises on Jobs Outlook, Lower Gasoline Prices

Posted: May 25, 2012 at 12:07 pm

The Reuters/University of Michigan consumer survey for May is out and the index of consumer sentiment rose to 79.3, up from 76.4 in April and 74.3 in May 2011. Economists ...
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Consumer Sentiment Steady in April

Posted: April 27, 2012 at 12:05 pm

The Reuters/University of Michigan survey of consumer sentiment for April is a couple of ticks higher than it was in March and 9.5% higher than it was in April 2011. ...
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Consumer Sentiment Drops — Gas Prices to Blame?

Posted: March 16, 2012 at 11:00 am

The University of Michigan/Reuters consumer sentiment index fell in March for the first time since August. The index reading of 74.3 is a full point below the February reading of ...
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