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ThinkstockThe U.S. recovery may have tame inflation and weak capacity and production, but now have the most highly watched report of the day, which is actually not even a government economic report....
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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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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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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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ThinkstockThe Conference Board is out with its March 2013 reading of consumer confidence. This is much broader than the “sentiment” report from the University of Michigan, but it is also released...
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ThinkstockThe Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index took a surprising nosedive in March, falling from a final February reading of 77.6 to a preliminary March reading of...
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ThinkstockThe stock and bond market just got two new economic readings to digest, and they are both indicating more strength than the economists were expecting. The first reading is the ISM...
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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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ThinkstockConsumer sentiment as measured by the University of Michigan/Thomson Reuters index fell from 82.7 in October to 74.5 in November. All the talk and news coverage related to the fiscal cliff...
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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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The Reuter’s/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index did not just post a gain. The gain was a surge, as September’s sentiment reading managed to pop all the way up to 79.2. Dow Jones was...
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The Reuters/University of Michigan Sentiment report for a revised end of July figure came in at 72.3. Dow Jones was calling for a report of 72.0, and Bloomberg also had the consensus pegged at 72.0....
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Is it bad luck to release a sentiment index reading on Friday the 13th? Apparently so. The Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary sentiment index for July came in at a very disappointing...
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