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US consumers to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2010
... 57.7 the month before. This is the third consecutive month of increase and the highest since March 2008. Better, US consumers think the outlook is brighter. The expectations component of the index jumped to 85.3 from 77.4 -- the highest level since August ...

La de da de da

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2010
... the month but higher tax payments ate this all up - and more - sending disposable income down by 0.4 per cent. Were US consumers concerned as pointed out by the sharp drop in consumer confidence we saw last week? You tell me. Personal spending gained ...

Sentiment stirs bad mood

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... terms but is more sensational writing it this way - and the S&P 500 fell by 1.2 per cent overnight. The trigger? US consumers changed their minds. They are less happy. Or they were more worried. The US Conference Board's consumer confidence index fell ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2009
Australian shares are expected to open higher on Monday after US stocks gained on Friday on encouraging earnings news from major retailers and on higher metals prices. At 0737 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the December share price index contract ...

Trick or treat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2009
... October from 73.5 in September. Again, the stats were in line with market expectations but reinforced worries that US consumers couldn't run very far without the government juicing them up. There'll be a lot of worried investors as trading resumes today. ...

Almost Per-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... previous month. The expectations component of the index jumped to 73.5 this month from 63.4 in July. More telling, US consumers are becoming less worried about their jobs. The Conference Board reports that, "The percentage of consumers expecting more ...

Spin-a-win

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2009
... have seen so far - that is, anyone could choose any number from last night's stats and spin it both ways. Bull spin. US consumers are spending. Headline retail sales rose by 0.5 in May from the previous month. Core retail sales (ex-autos) also rose by ...

Happy Americans, happy world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2009
... is improving. It must be the spring and coming of summer in the Northern Hemisphere but there is no denying that US consumers are merrier. The US Conference Board's consumer confidence index jumped to 54.9 in May against 40.8 in the previous month and ...

Pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... same day last month when disappointing March US retail sales figures were released. Besides no one truly expects US consumers to be splurging in a hurry anyway. Not with rising joblessness, reduced wealth, tighter lending standards and still falling ...

Beware the Budgets

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
Phew! That wasn't stressing at all. In the end, the official announcement of the results of the stress test conducted on 19 of America's biggest banks became a sort of anti-climax for the equity markets. Where to from here? The verdict? Ten of the 19 ...