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Go ahead Europe, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2012
... expectations for only a 0.4% gain. All good. Except that, buried deep inside the "feel good" headlines was the US Conference Board's report showing that consumer confidence dropped to a lower than expected 62.0 in June - the lowest since January - from ...

Bad news? What bad news?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2012
... investors ignored a bad consumer confidence report and instead saw that housing was turning for the good. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index dropped to 64.9 in May - the lowest level since the start of the year, less than expectations for ...

All that jazz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... don't have to remind you that the American consumer accounts for 70% of America's economy. But wait! Read the Conference Board's report on consumer sentiment and you'll find that it wasn't as bad as what the bloggerati make it out to be. Yes, the index ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2012
... into the negative in the last 15 minutes to finish down 2.22 points, or 0.07 per cent, at 3,120.35. A dip in the Conference Board's US consumer confidence index, and the S&P-Case Shiller's report that home prices continued to fall in January, cast a ...

Wobble gobbles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... when you consider the strengthening momentum in the US economy. We got more evidence of this last night. The Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators rose by 0.7% in February - its fifth straight and more than expectations for a 0.1% gain ...

Smackdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 FEB 2012
... 94. To be sure, the continued improvement in Uncle Sam's fortunes is also helping. The latest update from the Conference Board's consumer confidence index is the latest addition to these auspicious indicators. US consumer confidence jumped to 70.8 in ...

Chinalising Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... double-dip that was the scare-in-vogue back in the middle of the year. And there's China too. No, wait! The US Conference Board has just issued a China alert. The risk of a more substantive slowdown in China's economic growth than anticipated so far ...

She's becoming right, mate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... good US stats. The Institute of Supply Management Index moved further up the expansion line in November. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index jumped by more than 15 points to 56 in November from 40.9 in the previous month. And these increasing ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite shed 15.49 points (0.60 per cent) 2572.50. Markets got a slight lift from a jump in the Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators, providing more evidence that the economy has picked up speed. But that optimism ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... pulled lower by a report that consumer confidence plunged in October to the lowest level since March 2009. The Conference Board index measures how shoppers feel about business conditions, the job market and their outlook for the next six months. The ...