Consumer Confidence

Up Your Consumer Confidence!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 06.25.2008 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Driving, Consumer Confidence, Long Run, Shopping, Optimism, Media Sensationalism, Media, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

After all the windbaggery, all the "news" offered by the desperate people who work in the media business, there is still every reason to have confidence. Wait until things get better; they always do.

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Consumer Confidence Dives In June

AP | ELLEN SIMON | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Consumer Confidence, Economy, Recession, Gas Prices, Food Prices, Cost of Living, Consumer Spending, Business News

NEW YORK — U.S. consumers are the gloomiest they've been since the tail end of the last prolonged recession. Inflation, sinking home values and ...

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U.S. Consumer Confidence Hits 28-Year Low

Reuters | Burton Frierson | Posted 05.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Consumer Confidence, US Economy, Business News

U.S. consumer confidence fell to a 28-year low in May, a survey showed on Friday, as soaring prices for food and fuel soured sentiment and pushed long...

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Consumers In Gloomiest Mood Since 1992

Reuters | Pedro Nicolaci da Costa | Posted 05.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Consumer Confidence Low, Economic Downturn, Consumer Confidence, Shopping, Spending, Weak Economy, Consumer Spending, Business News

Consumer confidence plunged unexpectedly to its lowest in 16 years in May as rising gasoline costs and falling home prices made Americans nervous abou...

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Stuck In The Slow Lane

New York Times | PETER S. GOODMAN and MICHAEL GRYNBAUM | Posted 04.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Economic Slowdown, Economic Crisis, Economy, Exports, Consumer Spending, Consumer Confidence, Business News

The American economy remained stuck in the slow lane over the first three months of the year, expanding by a modest 0.6 percent annualized rate, the C...

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Consumer confidence drops in April on inflation, job worries

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 04.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Consumer Confidence, Low Consumer Confidence, Inflation Worries, Inflation, Job Market, Business News

NEW YORK — From soaring gas prices to weaker job prospects, Americans are gloomier about the economy than just before the U.S. invasion of Iraq....

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Consumer Confidence Hits 26-Year Low

Bloomberg | Bob Willis | Posted 04.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Consumer Confidence, US Economy, Business News

U.S. consumer confidence fell more than forecast in April to a 26-year low as record fuel prices and rising unemployment threatened to reduce spending...

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Has The Great American Shopping Spree Finally Ended?

Newsweek | Robert Samuelson | Posted 04.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Consumer Confidence, America Cunsumption, Consumer Habits, Consumer Credit, Business News

Transfixed by turmoil in the financial markets, we may be missing the year's biggest economic story: the end of the Great American Shopping Spree. For...

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Consumer Confidence Hits 26-Year Low

Reuters | Posted 04.12.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, General Electric, Consumer Confidence, Economic Recession, Recession, Business News

Disappointing first-quarter earnings from General Electric Co (GE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and a drop in U.S. consumer confidence to its lowest in...

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Consumer Confidence Plunges in March

AP | EILEEN ALT POWELL | Posted 03.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Consumer Confidence, U.S. Economy, Recession, Consumer Confidence Index, Business News

NEW YORK — American consumers are gloomier about the economy that at any point since just before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, as slumping housing ...

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Consumer Confidence at Lowest Since 2002

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 03.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Cash Index, Recession, U.S. Economy, Consumer Confidence, High Prices, Fixed Income, Business News

WASHINGTON — Confidence in the economy dropped to a new low as worries about a possible recession, persistent problems in the housing and credit...

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Consumer Spending Stalls

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 03.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Consumer Spending, Consumer Confidence, US Economy, Recession, Economy Stalling, Business News

WASHINGTON — Consumer spending is threatening to stall out while consumer confidence, battered by soaring energy costs and falling home prices, ...

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Euro Soars to Record High $1.5057

AP | MATT MOORE | Posted 02.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Euro, Dollar, U.S. Dollar, Euro Dollar, Dollar Euro, Weak Dollar, Record Low Dollar, U.S. Federal Reserve, Higher Euro, Inflation, Recession, Stagflation, Consumer Confidence, British Pound, Business News

BERLIN — The euro climbed to a record high of $1.5057 in early European trading on Wednesday as sentiment increased that the U.S. Federal Reserv...

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Confidence Plunges, Inflation Rate Soars

AP | Posted 02.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Consumer Confidence, Consumer Inflation, Inflation, Labor Department, U.S. Recession, U.S Economy, Recession, Business News

NEW YORK — No good news today on the economic front. Consumer confidence plunged, the wholesale inflation rate soared, the number of homes being...

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Consumer Confidence Lowest In 16 Years

Financial Times | Daniel Pimlott | Posted 02.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Subprime Loan Crisis, Credit Crisis, Consumer Confidence, Consumer Confidence Low, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Business News

US consumer confidence dropped to a 16-year low this month, a level that has historically signalled recession. The Reuters/University of Michigan ind...

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Consumer Confidence Sinks Even Lower

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 02.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Consumer Confidence, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve, U.S. Economy, Recession, Recession Fears, Are We in a Recession, Business News

WASHINGTON — People's confidence in the economy sank even lower amid heightened fears about shrinking job opportunities and the possibility the ...

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GM Offers Buyouts To 46,000 Employees

Reuters | Pumina Gupta | Posted 01.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Consumer Confidence, Wall Street, General Motors, Gm, United Auto Workers, Labor Costs, Business News

General Motors Corp said on Thursday it sees significantly improved operating earnings and cash flow in the next two to three years, but expects high...

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Consumer Confidence Sinks To All-Time Low

AP | Jeannine Aversa | Posted 01.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Consumer Confidence, Unemployment, Bill Cheney, RBC Cash Index, Business News

Consumer confidence fell to an all-time low as worries about jobs, energy bills and home foreclosures darkened people's feelings about the country's e...

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Consumer Morale Hits Two-Year Low

Reuters | Posted 11.14.2007 | Business

Read More: Consumer Confidence, Optimism Index, Consumer Morale, Business News

A measure of consumer confidence dropped to a two-year low in November, weighed down by housing market turmoil and surging oil prices, according to a ...

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