Consumer Confidence

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Is Your Debt Naughty or Nice?

Manisha Thakor | Posted 06.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Personal Finances, Consumer Debt, Budgeting, Saving, Debt, Household Debt, Personal Finance, Economy, Financial Crisis, Elizabeth Warren, Consumer Spending, Recession, Consumer Confidence, Saving Money, Personal Debt, Business News

For the first time in over 50 years, it is clear that "debt" has finally come to be seen for what it is, a four letter word that should be used with extreme caution.

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Jimmy V and the Closed Wallet

Don McNay | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Jimmy V, Economics, Charity, Economic Crisis, Espn, Cancer Research, Cincinnati, Kentucky, Recession, Consumer Confidence, Jim Valvano, Prostate Cancer, Financial Crisis, Cancer, Confidence, Personal Finance, Business News

I'm not the only person thinking twice about giving money to charity. Or about spending money. Most people have the same kind of hesitation that I have. And this compounds the financial crisis problem.

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Hipster QVC, the Future of E-Commerce?

Pam Bristow | Posted 01.12.2009 | Style

Read More: Pam Bristow, Geberation Y, Cnn, Consumer Confidence, Retail, Retail Sales, Recession, Fashion, Consumer Spending, Honeyshed, Style News

Shopping on Honeyshed is a unique consumption experience. Equal parts infomercial, editorial, and music video, the sales format takes its cues from social networking sites.

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Let Big Oil Bail Out the Auto Industry

Robbie Gennet | Posted 01.09.2009 | Business

Seems like such a simple solution, doesn't it? After all, who has influenced the US Auto Industry (USAI) to keep MPG low and fight CAFE standards? Why...

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We're in a "Repression": The Economics of Shame

James Rotondi | Posted 03.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Downturn, Automaker Bailout, Big Three Automakers, Unemployment Rate, Humor, Economy, Economic Crisis, Detroit Three, Mortgage Crisis, Federal Reserve, Consumer Spending, Recession, Consumer Confidence, Subprime Mortgages, Bailout, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Sex, Henry Paulson, Obama Transition, Fannie Mae Freddie Mac Bailout, Recession Watch, Treasury Secretary, Great Depression, Financial Crisis, Personal Finance, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Sexuality, Satire, Political Satire, Living, Bailout Outrage, Business News

Perhaps we're better off thinking of our current state of economic ennui not as a recession or a depression, but as a "repression."

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Consumer Confidence Hits 23-Year Low

abcnews.go.com | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business

Read More: New Low, Consumer Comfort, Consumer Confidence, Consumer Confidence Low, 23-Year-Low, Recession, Financial Crisis, Business News

Consumer confidence has reached a new low in weekly polling since late 1985, coinciding with official word the U.S. economy has been in recession the ...

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Black Friday Deals Could Lure Shoppers Back Online

Huffington Post | Posted 12.27.2008 | Business

Read More: Black Friday Shopping, Holiday Shopping, Economy, Black Friday, Black Friday Deals, Consumer Confidence, Personal Finance, Black Friday Ads, Business News

In a year with plunging consumer confidence and investments gone sour, it's hard to know what to expect of Black Friday -- the day after Thanksgiving ...

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January 1, 2009: The Magic Date to Fix the Housing Crisis. Yes, We Can.

Paul Abrams | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Housing Crisis, Financial Crisis, Credit Crisis, Consumer Confidence, Bailout, Business News

Government action is required, either through incentives or directives. In these times, and with these stakes, the government should use whatever powers it has to get this done.

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Car Confidential

Roseanne Colletti | Posted 12.15.2008 | Business

Read More: Rebates, Financing, Economy, Cars, Consumer Confidence, Automobile, Dealer, Recession, Auto Industry, Business News

Many automobile dealers contend it's not that consumers lack money, or credit or jobs, but that they have a serious lack of confidence.

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Consumer Confidence Game

Bob Franken | Posted 12.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, Economy, Consumer Confidence, Business News

Here comes the faint glimmer of hope from Mr. Pollyanna: While most, for good reason, will see our economy as a disaster, maybe, just maybe, there's some opportunity here.

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White House Tells Banks To Stop Hoarding Money

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 11.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Economic Bailout, Wall Street Crisis, White House, Consumer Confidence, White House Tells Banks to Stop Hoarding Money, Business News

WASHINGTON — An impatient White House prodded banks and other financial companies Tuesday to quit hoarding billions of dollars flowing into thei...

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Consumer Confidence at Record Low

Wendy Wanderman | Posted 11.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Consumer Confidence, Consumerism, Consumer Confidence Low, Consumer Spending, Business News

It would seem very difficult for McCain to get elected if the country has absolutely no confidence in spending money because they fear that business conditions are worsening.

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Why The Government Can't "Fix" the Crisis

Danny Schechter | Posted 11.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Moral Hazard, Bernanke, Hedge Funds, Consumer Spending, Greenspan, Fianacial Crisis, Greed, Treasury Department, Depression, Free Market Capitalism, Federal Reserve Bank, Market Confidence, James Suriwieki, Capitalism, Recession, Lehman Bros, Aig, JPMorgan Chase, Consumer Confidence, Wall Street Crash, Congressional Bailout, William Buitner, Bear Stearns, Alan Greenspan, Market Collapse, Business News

In what was for many an unbelievable chain of events, markets started melting down, confidence shattered and believers in unregulated transactions realized something was very, very wrong.

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Tax Rebate Checks Do Little For Consumer Confidence

The Los Angeles Times | Richard Fausset, P.J. Huffstutter and Stephen Braun | Posted 08.05.2008 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Tax Rebate Checks 2008, Consumer Confidence, Tax Rebates, Weak Economy, Consumer Spending, Business News

ATLANTA -- It is better than nothing. That has been the subdued mantra repeated by working Americans in recent weeks as they spend the Bush administr...

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The Antidote to Our Pessimism: Change

Jared Bernstein | Posted 07.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Economy, Gas Prices, Consumer Confidence, Gdp, Economic Stressors, Politics News

For the first time in the 32 years over which they've been asking the question, Gallup reports that a majority of respondents believe they're losing ground.

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Up Your Consumer Confidence!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 07.03.2008 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Driving, Consumer Confidence, Long Run, Shopping, Optimism, Media Sensationalism, Media, Business News

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 07.02.2008 | 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 06.07.2008 | 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 06.04.2008 | 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 05.08.2008 | 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 05.07.2008 | 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 05.03.2008 | 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 04.27.2008 | 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 04.20.2008 | 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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