consumer confidence
The past few months have been quite positive for the equity markets. The driving forces include promises of a more pro-business and tax-friendly regime, but one issue that had been acting as a key...
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Unusual strength in confidence readings has been the standout feature of the post-election economy. The consumer confidence index has yet to slow, as the spread between optimists and pessimists...
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March's Consumer Confidence Index reached a 16-year high, according to the Conference Board.
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The 2017 economic data are looking strong, and one such reading is the consumer sentiment number for the end of January.
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Consumer confidence has surged following the November 8 election. However, the latest gains are actually mixed, even if the new reading is the highest in years.
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The announcement: As unexpected as Donald Trump’s presidential election, consumers expressed much more positive economic expectations following his victory. While the surge in confidence ended by...
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Whether economists were caught by surprise over the strength of Consumer Confidence was entirely predictable probably remains up for debate. What should not be up for debate is that investors and...
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It turns out that it isn’t just the attitude of business owners and managers that is improving in November. The post-election rally has been impossible to ignore, and that appears to have bled...
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The University of Michigan has released its preliminary view of consumer sentiment for the month of November.
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The Conference Board reading on consumer confidence dropped unexpectedly sharply for the month of October.
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Of the economic reports released on Thursday, one of the reports was the Conference Board Leading Economic Index. This was a U.S. reading showing a 0.2% gain in September to 124.4. This follows a...
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CEO confidence fell in the third quarter, after having increased in the second quarter. Their appraisal of current economic conditions was less optimistic.
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In traditional economic analysis, the stock market is supposed to cheer strong economic news. Right now the financial markets seem to be hoping for economic good that is just marginally good.
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investors and economists should take at least some comfort in that the consumer confidence reading was almost unchanged in July from June.
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Tuesday’s economic readings already showed a better than expected GDP revision for the first quarter and a gain in the S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index. Now the Conference Board is out...
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