In April this year, the consumer confidence index tracked by economic tabloid Kontan dipped.
The Consumer Confidence Index plunged again in August, to just 44.5 from 59.2 in July.
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The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which had declined in June, improved slightly in July.
Whenever you evaluate retail stocks, one metric that is often mentioned is the Consumer Confidence Index.
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The Consumer Confidence Index published by the Conference Board registered a 6-point drop in December.
The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index fell sharply to 58.6 in the month, from 66.7 in February.
CNNMoney, Bloomberg, USA Today all report that the Consumer Confidence Index is tumbling, falling, or taking a big hit.
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The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which surged nearly 15 points in November, increased another nine points in December.
Its consumer confidence index fell to 99 in February from 100.6 in January.
Yesterday, the Consumer Confidence Index dipped in response to the notion that a deal would not be forthcoming.
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The Conference Board, a New York-based private research group, said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index rose to 68.1 in April.
The gold market did move up from its daily lows when a weaker-than-expected U.S. consumer confidence index reading was released Tuesday morning.
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Since the Consumer Confidence Index dropped sharply in June (from 62.7 to 52.9), stocks with higher consumer exposure are not faring well.
The greenback and U.S. stock indexes were supported by stronger U.S. economic data Tuesday that included a five-year high in the consumer confidence index.
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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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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.
While gas is down 25% since the summer, the pump price remains high by recent standards, and the Consumer Confidence Index has wobbled down since spring.
Furthermore, the widely-tracked Consumer Confidence Index established by The Conference Group, a private research organization, surged 11.2 points sequentially to 69.6% (the largest gain since November 2011).
Perhaps it is time Wall Street begins paying attention to Main Street whose consumer confidence index this week dropped by its widest margin month-to-month since August of 2011.
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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.
Prices then backed off a bit but once again surged back to near the daily high when it was reported the U.S. consumer confidence index came in well below trader expectations.
The Consumer Confidence Index, a survey of how optimistic or pessimistic people feel about the economy, has been up and down in 2010, and consumers still feel pessimistic about the job market.
And the reason I ask this question is, I was reading earlier today that the consumer confidence index is down almost to the lowest point this year in the last September reading.
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.
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 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.
U.S. economic data due for release Tuesday includes the weekly Goldman Sachs chain store sales index, the weekly Johnson Redbook retail sales report, the Case-Shiller home price index, the consumer confidence index, new residential home sales and the Richmond Fed business activity survey.
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While rising food and energy costs are forcing consumer sentiment metrics lower, with the University of Michigan consumer confidence index hitting a 16-month low in March and probably heading lower, according to Capital Economics, consumers have managed to weather the storm and keep spending going.
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