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The Conference Board survey showed that consumer confidence fell more than expected in May.
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index declined moderately in April, after seeing an increase in March.
If the economic readings and the stock market have been getting better in recent weeks, then some of us might wonder why consumer sentiment dipped in April.
Despite low unemployment, low gasoline prices and strong markers like car sales, a malaise continues dog impressions about the health of the U.S. economy.
It turns out that the recovery in the stock market and the end of the panic of the first six weeks of 2016 has led to a gain in consumer confidence. The Conference Board reported that consumer...
The Conference Board has released its Consumer Confidence Index for the month of February. By the tone of the headline, you might expect that things got worse. After posting a slight gain in January,...
As 24/7 Wall St. has said on numerous occasions that leading indicators just might not be very leading. Also, this report rarely moves the markets.
The Index of Consumer Sentiment from the University of Michigan's survey of consumers ticked down to 92.0 from the much stronger than expected 93.3 shown in the January preliminary reading.
The Conference Board has released its Consumer Confidence Index for the month January, showing a moderate improvement this month after having increased in December.
Despite the market carnage and despite a weak economic picture, the Index of Consumer Sentiment rose more than expected in the preliminary January reading.
The latest consumer confidence reading rebounded more than economists had expected.
The Conference Board has released its Consumer Confidence Index and consumers saw a bounce in confidence at the end of December.
What stands out about this final University of Michigan December report is that the consumer sentiment reading is bolstered handily by the current picture rather than by the expected outlook ahead.
It was just this week that 24/7 Wall St. pointed out that Consumer Confidence from the Conference Board did not match up with the preliminary report from the University of Michigan’s Consumer...
When economists and the public go after the same sort of economic data and come up with entirely different views, it generally means that someone has to be very wrong. That would be the first...