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.
FORBES: Stock Up On Inverse ETFs, Bernanke May Not Able To Avoid Recession, Bear Market !
Whenever you evaluate retail stocks, one metric that is often mentioned is the Consumer Confidence Index.
FORBES: Home Depot, Amazon And Six Other Retail Stocks To Buy
The Consumer Confidence Index published by the Conference Board registered a 6-point drop in December.
CNNMoney, Bloomberg, USA Today all report that the Consumer Confidence Index is tumbling, falling, or taking a big hit.
FORBES: Consumer Confidence Declining But Optimism Rising -- Two Important Statistics Missed
Yesterday, the Consumer Confidence Index dipped in response to the notion that a deal would not be forthcoming.
FORBES: Obama, Boehner, Reid Pass Budget Blame While Taxpayers Wonder: Who's On First?
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.
FORBES: P.M. Kitco Roundup: Gold Slips On Strong U.S. Dollar Index And U.S. Stock Market
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.
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.
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.
FORBES: Comex Gold, Silver Steady-Weak on Mild Profit Taking
Other U.S. economic reports due for release Thursday are many and include the weekly jobless claims report, the consumer confidence index, revised corporate profits, existing home sales, leading economic indicators, the Philadelphia Fed business survey, the monthly house price index, and foreign central bank holdings.
The U.S. economic data slate Thursday is very heavy and includes the weekly DOE energy stocks report, ICSC chain store sales, domestic auto sales, the Challenger job cuts report, the ADP national employment report, weekly jobless claims, preliminary productivity and costs, the U.S. manufacturing PMI, the ISM manufacturing report, the consumer confidence index, and construction spending.
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).
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.
FORBES: Don't Expect Consumer Resilience To Rising Gas Prices To Last
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's Consumer Confidence Index fell sharply to 58.6 in the month, from 66.7 in February.
The first, the MasterCard Worldwide Index of Consumer Confidence, proclaimed Indian consumers as the most optimistic throughout Asia.
FORBES: India Simultaneously Most Confident, Least Entrepreneurial Nation In Asia
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.
The University of Michigan's consumer-confidence index was stronger at the end of July than preliminary estimates had indicated, but still much weaker than in June.
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 index of consumer confidence improved during the month from a nine-year low.
ECONOMIST: Is America's remarkably resilient economy over the worst?
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 fell unexpectedly, led by the most pessimistic assessment of the situation for over four years.
Surprisingly, Mumbai recorded the least score in consumer confidence with 69.3 Index points in the first half of 2012.
FORBES: India Simultaneously Most Confident, Least Entrepreneurial Nation In Asia
The June Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the preliminary July University of Michigan consumer confidence survey will be published on Friday.
FORBES: Low Rates Say Stocks Are Cheap- Earnings Season Arrives Again
Tuesday brings the Case-Shiller Home Price Index and consumer confidence numbers, followed by the ADP Employment Report and factory orders on Wednesday.
FORBES: The Week Ahead: The Market Doesn't Need Another Storm
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.
FORBES: Harry Reid: We Are Going Off The Fiscal Cliff And Boehner Just Cares About His Speakership
应用推荐