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Jon OggThe Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment has been released and investors and the public will care about this number because it is one of the first nearly live reports for the...
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ThinkstockFrance’s stat operation INSEE reported that French consumer confidence cratered in June. The region’s second largest economy may not be in as much trouble as Italy or Spain, but its...
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ThinkstockThe Conference Board has released its consumer confidence reading for the month of June. This report is much broader in the sampling than the consumer sentiment report from the University...
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ThinkstockThe retail research team at Jefferies feels that despite the income and payroll tax changes that began in January, U.S. households may be in a much better position to weather the tax than...
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ThinkstockThe Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment report for May is out. It offers a revised number from the preliminary report two weeks ago, and revisions rarely move the market as...
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ThinkstockTuesday may have seen a weak Chicago Fed report, but the Conference Board has released a more-current reading measuring consumer confidence for the month of May. This came in sharply higher...
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ThinkstockConsumer sentiment as measured by the University of Michigan/Thomson Reuters index jumped from a weak 76.4 reading in April to a more robust 83.7 in May. Economists had expected a reading...
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ThinkstockEconomic readings are generally coming in weaker than expected, and you have to wonder how well the unemployment and payrolls report can come in this Friday. We have just seen a...
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ThinkstockThis Friday marked the final Reuters University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment reading for the month of April. After a weak gross domestic product reading, the fix was already in and, this...
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Jon OggThe Reuters/University of Michigan report on consumer sentiment is out for April. Sentiment took a big hit, falling to 72.3. Bloomberg was expecting a reading of 79.0, and Dow Jones was...
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ThinkstockToday’s report from the Conference Board on consumer confidence was disappointing, to say the least. As we noted, it may not be a shock to many observers, but consumer confidence is...
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Jon OggThe Conference Board’s monthly report on consumer confidence in the month of January is out, and the number is not pretty. The reading came to 58.6, which is the weakest reading in more than...
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ThinkstockThe Reuters/University of Michigan survey is out with its preliminary January reading on consumer sentiment. Its sentiment index came in at 71.3, which is rather disappointing. Make that...
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The Reuter’s/University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index has now been revised to a slightly lower level for October, but to a level that is still much better than trend over the prior...
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This week is a critical week for Fed watchers. Ben Bernanke and members of the Federal Reserve will start a two-day FOMC meeting. The announcement of the language and Fed guidance will come at...
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