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Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... 1. Failure to approve funding could force parts of the government to shut down. Economic data was mixed. The Conference Board reported consumer confidence fell in September, while the Case-Shiller report on US home prices showed prices rose in July ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
... per cent in May on the back of aircraft sales, and housing prices adding a huge 2.5 per cent. In addition, the Conference Board's consumer confidence index jumped to 81.4, up from 74.3 in May. After weeks of selling in spite of signs of stronger growth ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... 3,166.36. The losses followed disappointing economic reports out of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and the Conference Board. Sentiment had already been downcast after the International Monetary Fund slashed its growth forecasts earlier in the ...

I was there!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2013
... got less than a paragraph of bother was the sharp and bigger-than-expected drop in US consumer sentiment. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index decreased to 59.7 in March against 68 in February and expectations for a dip to 67.5. Good story ...

The virtuous cycle is back in play

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2013
... economic data pointing to continued progress in the US. Let us count the ways: Consumer confidence - both the Conference Board measure and the Reuters/University of Michigan gauge - rose in February. That's despite the income and payroll tax rises already ...

Good, better, best

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... payback in the coming weeks, the longer term trend in this indicator is clearly down. Betterer number 2. The US Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators - which gauges the outlook for the economy over the next 6 months -- rose by 0.5% ...

Market wrap Early AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... of the economy before the November 6 election. The markets jumped higher on a gain in consumer confidence: the Conference Board index for October rose to 72.2 in October, up from a revised 68.4 in September and better than forecasts. Also helping was ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... bit of good news amongst these dreary ones would have to go to paragraph 9 on page 7 to find that the latest Conference Board data showed consumer confidence jumped to 70.3 in September - the highest since February (hey, that was the time when nearly ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2012
... direction of monetary policy and stimulus measures at Friday's Federal Reserve annual gathering in Wyoming. The Conference Board reported its consumer confidence index dropped to a nine-month low of 60.6 for August, down from 65.9 in July. The S&P Case-Shiller ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2012
... sentiment lags around historically low levels, according to a closely watched private survey released by the Conference Board. And home prices fell less than anticipated in May: The S&P/Case-Shiller's 20-city index fell 0.7 per cent from a year ago. ...