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The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index[TM], which had improved moderately in August, posted a slight gain in September. The Index now stands a...
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The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which had declined in June, held steady in July. The Index now stands at 51.9 (1985=100), up slightly ...
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May Results
The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index, which had declined in April, bounced back in May. The Index now stands at 102.2 (1985=...
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Theory predicts that income should influence a complex set of relationships involving personal shopping values, consumer self-confidence, and word of mouth communication. Nevertheless, irrespective of income level, findings indicate that social self-confidence mediates the effects of hedonic experiences upon word of mouth communication. Similarly, the direct effects of utilitarian value upon personal self-confidence are also invariant across income groups. Findings involving the effects of personal confidence upon word of mouth communication are inconclusive. However, income does influence the nature of the relationships between hedonic experiences and social self-confidence as well as the significance of the effects involving utilitarian value and social self-confidence. The implicatio...
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July Results
The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index, which had improved last month, slipped in July. The Index now stands at 116.5 (1985=1...
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Americans Divided On How to Reduce National Deficit
NEW YORK, June 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Buoyed by a pause in the increase of gas prices and a sense that the job market is improving, U.S. consumer confidence has hit its highest level since the beginning of the financial crisis in September 2008. As measured by the RBC Consumer Outlook Index, consumer confidence rose to 46.7 for June, up 3.8 points from May's 42.9 reading.
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May Results
The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index, which had declined in April, rebounded in May. The Index now stands at 109.8 (1985=100...
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Consumer confidence is one of the biggest problems facing the housing market.
While it is a factor nationwide, local builders are not facing some of the other challenges of their counterparts in other states such as a large number of foreclosures or excess inventory.
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January Results
The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index, which had fallen in December, declined further in January. The Index now stands at...
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NEW YORK - Americans are gaining faith that the economy is on the upswing.
An improving job outlook helped the Consumer Confidence Index soar to the highest level since April and near a post-recession peak, according to a monthly survey by The Conference Board.