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Chief economist update: Shopaholics drive US growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... generating a virtuous cycle of optimism, even greater spending, jobs and growth. Speaking of optimism, the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index remains at its strongest level since the year 2000 despite its recent slip from 99 in September ...

Chief economist update: US inflation hits target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... 0.6 percentage points from 2.8 pps in the December 2017 quarter. And if the latest indications from the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey is any guide, it shall be so...i.e. weak. Consumer sentiment fell to 98.2 in June inched up from ...

Chief economist update: Inflation isn't such a lonely word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... monetary policy settings is exactly to ensure that rising inflation doesn't get out of hand. The latest University of Michigan consumer confidence survey attests to this with the readings on inflation expectations unchanged at 2.7% (one-year ahead) and ...

C is the key

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... consumer is king and given latest stats they're feeling like one too. While the preliminary estimate of the University of Michigan consumer confidence index slowed to a reading of 97.8 in November, this was from the 13-year high print of 100.7 in October's ...

As clear as it gets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... anchored as they appear and perhaps are not consistent with our 2% goal". This is because results from the University of Michigan survey of consumers, "as well as a survey of consumers carried out by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, do hint that ...

Three steps and yields stumble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2017
... releases - which on balance disappointed market expectations - helped bring long yields lower. While the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index rose to its best level since January this year 97.7 in May from 97.0 in the previous month and beat ...

Consumer-powered

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... 5.4% from 5.6% in November. This suggests increasing consumer optimism - one confirmed by the rise in the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index to a 13-year high of 98.5 in January. Inflation remains contained. The headline PCE price index ...

One week delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... level in 12 years (105.8 in December). A fact - yes, not the "alternative" one - that's apparent in the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey. The index soared to a 13-year high reading of 98.5 in January. The butcher, the baker and the candlestick-maker ...

Every American's turning optimist

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
... February 2007. The IBD/TIPP economic optimism survey came on the heels of similar indications from the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index (up to 98.4 in December - the highest since November 2004 - from 93.8 in November) and the NFIB small ...

The Fed lady and the Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2016
... and the wealth effect created by the rallying stockmarket are making US consumers feel oh so good. The University of Michigan consumer sentiment index jumped to 98.0 in December - 0.1 shy of the current cycle high of 98.1 recorded in January 2015 - from ...