The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which had declined in June, improved slightly in July.
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which surged nearly 15 points in November, increased another nine points in December.
The Conference Board consumer-confidence index for November came in much better than expected, at 56.0, from a revised 40.9 in October, and compared with estimates of a reading of 45.0.
The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index fell sharply to 58.6 in the month, from 66.7 in February.
On Tuesday, the New York-based Conference Board announced its Consumer Confidence Index rose to 51.9 in July, from an upwardly revised 51.0 in June.
On Thursday, the Conference Board released its consumer confidence index for December, noting a 6.4 point plunge to 65.1, its lowest level since August.
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The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index bottomed out at 84.9 in November 2001, but has reflected a sharp rise in consumer optimism--standing at 109.8 at the end of May.
The unexpected drop in the Conference Board's consumer confidence index to 53.1 in September, from 54.5 in August, provoked a "dollar-safety" play, but Chau believes the market is waiting for Friday's labor report to set the tone for the dollar's near-term future.
On the economic front, the Conference Board's consumer-confidence index for January fell more than expected.
Consumers' sentiment soured more than expected in June, darkening for the fourth month in a row, according to the Conference Board's preliminary consumer confidence index.
Meanwhile, the Conference Board's consumer-confidence index for May jumped to a five-year high of 76.2, much better than expectations for a reading of 72 and an upwardly revised April reading of 69.
The rally came despite the collapse in the Conference Board's monthly consumer confidence index, which fueled concerns about the likely depth of the expected recession in the U.S. in the wake of the global financial crisis.
February new homes sales are expected to decline 5% on the month to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 415, 000 and the Conference Board's March consumer confidence index is seen slipping to 67.1 from February's 69.6.
The Conference Board's index of consumer confidence improved during the month from a nine-year low.
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However, the Conference Board's index of consumer confidence was higher than expected in June.
Falling employment largely explains why the Conference Board's index of consumer confidence fell sharply in July.
The Conference Board's index of consumer confidence also fell, for the third month running, reaching a two-year low.
The Conference Board's index of consumer confidence rebounded from a nine-year low of 79.6 in October to 84.1 in November.
The Conference Board's index of consumer confidence fell unexpectedly, led by the most pessimistic assessment of the situation for over four years.
The Consumer Confidence Index published by the Conference Board registered a 6-point drop in December.
The Conference Board, a private research group, said its index of consumer confidence fell to 82.2 in November, its lowest level in more than seven years, compared with a downwardly revised 85.3 in October.
And we learned that February may not have been any better, since the Conference Board reported the bottom has dropped out of consumer confidence, its Consumer Confidence Index plunging from 56.5 in January to 46.0 in February. (The norm for the index is 100, based on its level in 1985).
The Conference Board, a New York-based private research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index rose to 68.1 in April.
The Conference Board, a New York-based business research group, reported Tuesday that its Consumer Confidence Index fell to 37.7 in January, an all-time low going back to the index's inception in 1967.
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