Tag: consumer confidence
The U.S. Consumer Is Getting Squeezed
Consumers are being squeezed by negative real wage growth and inflation at 40-year highs. As a result, consumer sentiment is declining, and personal consumption...
No Market Recovery Happening Here
Today we look at consumer confidence survey data, which hit its lowest level since 2014.
At the same time, data on new home sales, and...
Global Consumer Sentiment Supports Bullish Growth Outlook
There is a little-watched and relatively obscure set of indicators produced by Thomson Reuters and Ipsos, called the primary consumer sentiment indexes.
These provide a standardized...
Michigan Consumer Sentiment: Is Now A Good Time To Buy Stocks?
The Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index was just released by none other than the University of Michigan. The reading continues to give us a good...
Investors Eye Black Friday Trends As Holiday Sales Kick Off
Over the coming days, the business news headlines will not speak of the Federal Reserve, commodity prices or currencies. Instead they will likely focus...
Happy Days Are Here Again… Or Are They?
“Clap along if you feel like happiness is the truth … Clap along if you know what happiness is to you.” – Pharrell Williams
Happy...
Will High Consumer Confidence Derail Stocks?
Consumer confidence in May came in at 85.2, the highest reading since January 2008. On the surface that sounds like your average person is...
