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Higher and higher

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2017
... powerful platform to build on over the coming quarters. Latest survey and data releases corroborate this. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index had strengthened in July (120.0) and August (122.9) compared with all three months of the second ...

Is the Fed the victim of its own success?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2017
... be due to lowered inflation expectations. Why spend now when prices aren't rising (even softening) anyway? The Conference Board's consumer sentiment survey showed that "12 months ahead" inflation expectations fell to a reading of 4.6% in June from 4.7% ...

US labour market covfefe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2017
... the third month of sequential decline since the 5.4% expansion recorded in January this year. The lead from the Conference Board's consumer confidence index offers no reprieve. US consumer confidence weakened for the second straight month in May - down ...

Confident with a capital C

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... must be partying like it's the year 2000 for they have not been this optimistic since December of that year. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index surged to a reading of 125.6 in March from 116.1 in the previous month (itself, revised up from ...

Locked in

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... profits up to 2.8% -- the first increase since the March quarter of 2015 -- from -4.3% in the previous period. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index soared to a reading of 107.1 in November from an upwardly revised 100.8 in the previous month. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... first increase since the March quarter of 2015 -- from -4.3% in the previous period. US consumer sentiment The Conference Board's consumer confidence index soared to a reading of 107.1 in November from an upwardly revised 100.8 in the previous month. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2016
Australia CB leading indicator The Conference Board leading economic index for Australia advanced by 0.5% to a reading of 104.5 in September from 104.0 in the previous month. This is the highest reading since April last year and takes the year-on-year ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
US consumer confidence The Conference Board's consumer confidence index dropped to 98.6 in October following a downwardly revised 103.5 reading (from 104.1) in the previous month. This is much lower than market expectations for a slight decrease to ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
US consumer confidence The Conference Board's consumer confidence index jumped to 104.1 in September from an upwardly revised 101.8 in the previous month. This is better than consensus expectations for a dip to 99.0 and is the highest level since the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
... the next three months to end-December 2016 rose to 73% from 51% last month. US leading economic indicator The Conference Board's leading economic index disappointed market expectations for a 0.1% pick up, falling by 0.2% in August instead that followed ...