Consumer Confidence

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• The glass is half full: Why the U.S. economy will strengthen in 2010

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 797
  Filed under: Economy Its been hard times for the U.S. economy. The unemployment rate essentially doubled as the economy contracted, making the recession from 2007 to 2009 the longest and worst since the 1930s. But while there are long term and structural factors that are likely to weigh on economic growth in the ...
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• GBP/USD Forecast – November 30 – December 4

  
  Forex Crunch — Authority: 140
  A roller coaster week, with a 470 pips trading range ended with the Pound remaining almost unchanged. Purchasing managers’ indices and housing figures are due this week. Will the Pound decide where it’s going? Here’s a weekly outlook for 10 events that will move the Pound, and an updated technical analysis for ...
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• What Black Friday Can Tell You About 2009 Holiday Sales

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 598
  Today’s Wall Street Journal opinion piece from Joe Queenan takes a humorous look at this holiday season’s retail sales. It’s refreshing, entertaining, and a little bit insightful. Also included below is a link to the Black Friday shopping chaos in a slideshow format. From the Wall Street Journal: “In all ...
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• Forex Weekly Outlook – November 30 – December 4 2009

  
  Forex Crunch — Authority: 140
  The week of Thanksgiving, which was expected to be calm, was very volatile, with new lows in the dollar, that were proved temporary with the Dubai crisis. The upcoming week is already full of important indicators: rate decision in Europe and Australia, GDP from Europe, Switzerland and Canada, and the king of forex: ...
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• 2009 Can’t be “better off” (at least in an economic sense)

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 156
  There IS plenty to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. We’ve certainly come a long way (baby) from a year ago. Let’s not forget, avoiding a second Great Depression was no foregone conclusion in the immediate wake of Lehman’s collapse. Then there’s our portfolios. True, your 401(k) and IRA are probably less ...
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• The Life of an Economic Turkey

  
  The Daily Reckoning — Authority: 598
  One turkey turns to the other… “Things were pretty rough there for a while…what with the recession and all. But now there’s a recovery. Business is picking up.” “Yeah, this is great…no more hanging around this place waiting…finally, the boss says we’re all shipping out today…” “I wonder what ...
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• Fighting for a free turkey as consumer confidence improves slightly

  
  WalletPop Blog — Authority: 697
  Filed under: Food , Shopping My wife and I occasionally shop for groceries at a supermarket that allows customers to collect points towards coupons, giveaways and other discounts. This year, we collected enough points to get a free turkey. Hooray. In years past, we never wouldve considered buying a frozen ...
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• Computer sales in India up 24 percent in July-September quarter

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) In another sign of recovery in Indian industry, the sales of personal computers in the country were up 24 percent in the quarter ended Sep 30 and touched 2.19 million units, according to leading market research firm IDC.“The July-September quarter experienced strong boost from new found ...
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• Real Estate Investment Sector Unfazed by Rising Spending

  
  Real Estate Opinion MAG - AgentGenius — Authority: 602
  Jobs, shopping and real estate Consumer spending in the U.S. rose in October while new claims for jobless benefits dropped last week (according to Reuters ) hinting to some analysts that a recovery was within sight but that didn’t help sliding consumer confidence nor did a decline in orders for U.S. produced ...
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• Inflation Detour: Trimmed Mean PCE

  
  Angry Bear — Authority: 620
  Todays release by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas of Octobers Trimmed Mean Personal Consumption Expenditure gives us a chance to check this "alternative measure of core inflation." The clearest thing is that it does what the FRB Dallas intends: generally reduces the measure of inflation: For the graphic ...
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• Wall Street stocks gain on optimism for US economy

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New York, Nov 26 (DPA) US stocks rose Wednesday after three separate reports offered signs that the US recovery is gaining steam.Consumer spending and new home sales rose more than expected in October, while weekly jobless claims dropped to their lowest rate since September 2008. An index of consumer confidence from ...
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• New Jobless Claims Fall

  
  EmploymentSpectator — Authority: 135
  New claims for unemployment insurance fell last week to 466,000, the lowest mark since September of 2008.  Even as new claims start to slow down, the unemployment rate continues to nudge upwards.  Many economists continue to believe that unemployment won’t turn around until the middle of next year. There were ...
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• Check Out Line: Clink, clink! Wine consumption to rise

  
  Shop Talk — Authority: 500
  Check out all the wine drinking going on. Two-thirds (67 percent) of Americans surveyed said they partake in wine on holidays and special occasions while at home, while another 58 percent drink wine at home with dinner on an ordinary night, according to consumer trend tracker Mintel . The wine market has grown ...
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• Retail Wars, Urban Sores: A New Jobs Project

  
  The LA Progressive — Authority: 143
  If we can defend democracy overseas we can rebuild our decaying Main Streets. This could be a building stimulus project both political parties could respect if we see it as a restoration after a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Consumers Are Still Glum

  
  Economix — Authority: 731
  Consumer confidence rose slightly in November, but consumers are still looking quite depressed, according to the Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index.
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• Consumers not in a bright mood

  
  It's Your Money: Personal finance | Sun-Sentinel Blogs — Authority: 127
  Amidst rising unemployment, Florida’s consumer confidence index fell three percentage points to 69 in November.“There are reasons for growing pessimism, particularly lingering employment issues that are expected to get worse over the next several months,” said Chris McCarty, survey director of UF’s Bureau of ...
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• Consumers more optimistic about recovery

  
  Money employment & careers - money-employment.marc8.com — Authority: 151
  A key measure of consumer confidence gained slightly in November, snapping a two-month declining streak, a research group said Tuesday.
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• EUR/USD Down on Slow U.S. Growth Concern

  
  Forex Blog — Authority: 133
  The EUR/USD currency pair was rising considerably after falling yesterday but did not manage to sustain its near to $1.50 level as U.S. gross domestic product data declined significantly from the past quarter, bringing risk aversion back to markets and favoring refuge currencies, specially the yen. ...
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• Stocks struggle to advance

  
  VerySmartInvesting — Authority: 131
  Popular averages rebounded a little after initial selling. Dow was off 33, decliners over advancers almost 2-1 & NAZ was down 10. Buying in the PM can still take the Dow to another yearly high. After getting a lot of attention, banks are selling off. The Financial Index cant get away from sideways pattern near ...
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