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By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne |
April 25, 2012
Along with the Consumer Confidence Index, State Street and Spectrem surveys make moderate dips in April as investors cool to market conditions.
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By James J. Green, AdvisorOne |
February 29, 2012
Spectrem Millionaire Confidence Index hits nine-month high; consumer confidence, Chicago PMI—even Ben Bernanke—points to a possible resurgence, but Spectrem’s Wolper warns about negative effect of rising gas prices.
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By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne |
October 25, 2011
Chase's Dimon blames crisis of confidence on 9% unemployment, but Fed Governor Tarullo laments that the U.S. labor market has lost its former dynamism.
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By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne |
August 30, 2011
Consumer confidence plunged to two-year lows in August, stoking predictions and outright declarations that the economy has slipped into recession. The latest Consumer Confidence Index reading of 44.5 is lower than the 53.9 average for the 2007-2009 recession.
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By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne |
May 25, 2010
Consumer confidence rose for the third month in a row in May, still showing some weakness, but expectations about future conditions are at their highest levels since before the recession, the Conference Board reported Tuesday, May 25.
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By Robert F. Keane |
April 27, 2010
Confidence reports from The Conference Board, State Street, and Rydex|SGI show feelings are up, down, and in-between.
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By Robert F. Keane |
August 31, 2009
Three new studies indicate a resurgent confidence about the economy.
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By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne |
July 28, 2009
After falling in June to 49.3, the widely followed Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index dropped again in July to 46.6.
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By Jenny Ivy |
July 1, 2009
After months of strong gains, the Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index waned in June. The Index now stands at 49.3, down from 54.8 in May. The...
