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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 ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... by 5.7 points to 91.7. The Conference Board's consumer confidence measure echoes the large jump in the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey (reported earlier) where the index rose to 93.8 in November from 87.2 in October. Japanese consumer ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2016
... September's 1.4% fall but remains down 4.0% in year-on-year terms. US consumer sentiment The final reading of the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index increased to 93.8 in November. This compares with the preliminary reading and consensus ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
... (down to 83.9 from 87.2). The latest Conference Board reading is consistent with the sharp drop in the University of Michigan's consumer measure reported earlier - the preliminary index reading fell to 87.9 in October from 91.2 in the previous month ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2016
... short-term." (Conference Board) The Conference Board measure of consumer confidence is at odds with that of the University Michigan survey that showed US consumer sentiment souring to 93.5 in June - down from the preliminary reading of 94.3 and down ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... difficulty in accessing loans accounted for the slowdown in private investment. US consumer sentiment The University of Michigan's preliminary estimate show that US consumer sentiment eased to a reading of 94.3 in June from 94.7 in the previous month. ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... Year-on-year, total building approvals increased by 0.7% US consumer confidence The strong gain in the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index in May - up to 94.7 from 89 in April - has prompted expectations that the Conference Board measure ...