Consumer Confidence

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• First Consumer Confidence Read Since Unemployment Report Upside Surprise, Is Down

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 750
  The ABC Consumer Confidence index was just released, and is notable as it is the first confidence read since the NFP/unemployment number was released last week by the BLS. And despite all expectations, and proddings by the Comcastic ones that the presumed drop in unemployment would boost sentiment and confidence, the ...
  10 hours ago

• U.S. consumer confidence slips in December

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 668
  Filed under: Bad news , Indices , Personal finance , Recession You are probably wondering, is there an index that measures consumer optimism and pessimism? The answer is yes. It is the Investors Business Daily and TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence or IBD/TIPP .Their Optimism Index slipped to 46.8 in December, ...
  17 hours ago

• Obama To America: Spend Yo Money

  
  FITSNews — Authority: 647
  Barack Obama is rooting for “the audacity of hope,” but it’s looking increasingly as if the American economy is plagued by his predecessor’s oft-regurgitated pablum … err, problem, the “soft bigotry of low expectations.” Either way, the bottom line is that America isn’t opening its wallets and ...
  20 hours ago

• U.S. consumer confidence eases in December (Reuters)

  
  Blogger — Authority: 168
  Reuters – U.S. consumer confidence edged lower in December, extending November’s decline as consumers remained concerned about the economy and labor market, a research group said on Tuesday. See the rest here: (Reuters)"> (Reuters)">U.S. consumer confidence eases in December (Reuters)
  22 hours ago

• Check Out Line: Upset tummies in the food sector?

  
  Shop Talk — Authority: 472
  Check out  sluggish results in the U.S. food sector. Fast food giant McDonald’s and Kroger, the largest U.S. grocery chain, saw shares decline 2.5 percent and 10 percent, respectively, after reporting weak results. McDonald’s said same-store sales at its U.S. restaurants slipped 0.6 percent in November, ...
  23 hours ago

• Economic Recovery is Looking Stronger Every Week

  
  Jutia Group — Authority: 572
  Although many remaining clouds will probably cause setbacks… The stimulus efforts were expensive for sure, and the cost, like the cost of two seven-year wars that were supposed to be three-month skirmishes, will be with us for years to come. But the stimulus efforts at least seem to be working even faster ...
  1 day ago

• 79% of Americans Want an Audit of the Fed, Only 21% are in Favor of Confirming Bernanke, and Only 20% Think Geithner is Doing a Good Job

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 545
  79% of Americans Want an Audit of the Fed, Only 21% are in Favor of Confirming Bernanke, and Only 20% Think Geithner is Doing a Good Job 79 percent of the American public is in favor of auditing the Fed , according to a new poll by Rassumussen. Because another 14% are not sure, that leaves only 7% opposed to an ...
  2 days ago

• Black Friday and Cyber Monday Sales Up 47 Percent

  
  Kikabink News - Internet Marketing News — Authority: 138
  Retail Decisions, which provides card fraud prevention, payment processing and card issuing services, estimates that U.S. online retail sales reached $3.1 billion on Black Friday, a massive 52... (Click on the title for the full story...)
  3 days ago

• British Pound Forecast – December 7-11

  
  Forex Crunch — Authority: 139
  
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• Forex Weekly Outlook – December 7-11

  
  Forex Crunch — Authority: 139
  Non-Farm Payrolls brought an excellent surprise to the dollar. In the upcoming week we’ll indeed see if the tables have turned. Rate decisions are expected this week in Britain, Switzerland, Canada and New Zealand. Also note employment figures in Australia and American Retail Sales to close the week. Thursday is an ...
  4 days ago

• What the CE Future Holds

  
  CEA Digital Dialogue — Authority: 113
  By Sean Murphy The numbers coming in from retailers on Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales are great and consumer confidence in technology spending is up, way up. In fact the CEA-CNET Index of Consumer Technology Expectations (ICTE) reached 93.5 this month, which is the highest level of the index since ...
  4 days ago

• Jobs: Did The Obama Summit Find A Solution? and Public Opinion On Afghanistan

  
  The Political and Financial Markets Commentator — Authority: 468
  By The Time You Read This, The Mother Of All Numbers Will Most Likely Have Been Released At 8:30 this morning the employment numbers will be released, and the expectations are for 125,000 jobs to have been cut and for the headline unemployment rate to hold at 10.2%. Any surprises to the downside will send shivers ...
  5 days ago

• Consumer Confidence Falls to Four Month Low

  
  Coralville Courier — Authority: 486
  The Rasmussen Consumer Index , which measures the economic confidence of consumers on a daily basis, fell three points on Wednesday to a four month low. At 69.0, the Consumer Index is down five points from a week ago and down seven points from a month ago. Confidence is now at the lowest level since July 24 and is up ...
  6 days ago

• FED Admits Consumer Confidence Low

  
  Do It, Invest - investing blog, investment tools, financial analysis, portfolio management. The money road. — Authority: 120
  A comment today from FED delicately said that the US economy seemed to improve “modestly”. Well folks we all read the famous Alan Greenspan book “The Age of Unreason” and we know what this means in the FED jargon - that the economy is performing below expectations. Of course the Black Friday weak sales are ...
  6 days ago

• Participation is the new ROI

  
  Web Liquid | thinking:returns Web Liquid | thinking:returns — Authority: 109
  What is the most valuable metric in marketing, outside of Return on Investment? Participation. Participation is the ultimate engagement metric, sitting between persuasion and confidence. Let’s be honest, advertising aims to persuade. It puts forward a Marketing Promise to consumers. While effective at eliciting ...
  6 days ago

• Visualizing the Tax Credit Sales Boost

  
  Seattle Bubble — Authority: 427
  I’ve been trying to come up with the best way of visualizing just how effective the inefficient, expensive, and economically stupid $8,000 tax credit has been at boosting home sales in the Seattle area, and I think I’ve finally come up with something really good. To generate the chart below, I took all the ...
  6 days ago

• Just 9 Percent of Americans Rate the Economy Positively - ABC News

  
  Debt Consolidation Blog — Authority: 145
  Just 9 Percent of Americans Rate the Economy Positively ABC News The other two components of the index – ratings of personal finances and the economy – havent moved much since late October, and remain below their best of ... Poll Shows Flagging Consumer Confidence CQPolitics.com all 12 ...
  1 week ago

• GM November Sales Of -2.2% Slip Below Expectations Of A 7% Increase On 151,427 Vehicles Sold

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 750
  And another attempt to present a massive drop in consumer end demand for cars into something positive: “ Consumer interest in our launch vehicles remains solid, ” [we would hate to see what flacid interest looks like] said SusanDocherty, GM vice president, U.S. Sales. “We’re working to strengthenour ...
  1 week ago

• (AFX UK Focus) 2009-12-01 10:15 Canadians worry about jobs, see rosier 2010-survey (Interactive Investor)

  
  Debt Consolidation Blog — Authority: 145
  TORONTO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Most Canadians expect the economy will improve over the next year, but are not as optimistic about the short term, a new consumer confidence survey showed on Tuesday. The RBC Monthly Canadian Consumer Outlook Index, launched on Tuesday, measures how people feel about the economy, their ...
  1 week ago

• Canadians worry about jobs, see rosier 2010: survey (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

  
  Debt Consolidation Blog — Authority: 145
  Most Canadians expect the economy will improve over the next year, but are not as optimistic about the short term, a new consumer confidence survey showed on Tuesday.
  1 week ago

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