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Sentiment stirs bad mood

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... 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 to 46.0 in February following a downwardly revised 56.5 - from 55.9 - in the previous month ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2010
... off, and interest rates also fell as investors moved money out of stocks and into the safety of Treasuries. The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index fell to 46 in February from 56.5 last month. That was well below the forecast of economists ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2010
... the pace of the economic recovery are dogging investors. Wall Street had advanced earlier in the day after the Conference Board said its index of consumer confidence rose to 55.9 in January from 53.6 in December. It was the third straight increase and ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... confidence was dampened by a weak reading on consumer confidence and a report showing slower economic growth. The Conference Board said its Consumer Confidence Index rose to 49.5 in November from a revised reading of 48.7 in October. While better than ...

A tale of confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... consumers re-spending. This brings us to today's topic. It's all about confidence. And confidence is slipping. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index fell to 47.7 in October from 53.4 in the previous month - lower than expectations for a small ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... be ready to spend this holiday season. Consumer strength is considered vital to a recovery in the economy. The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index fell unexpectedly to 47.7 in October - its second-lowest reading since May. Analysts had predicted ...

Shadow of a doubt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... 48.4 in the previous month and stronger than expectations for a reading of 50. Also, reports showed that the US Conference Board's Employment Trend Index rose to 88.5 last month from 88.2 in August - good news on the labour front. Last night's data sort ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2009
... Ben Bernanke's pronouncement last week that the US recession was "likely over" from a technical standpoint. The Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators increased 0.6 per cent in August, just shy of the 0.7 per cent increase economists ...

Almost Per-fecta

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... improvement (see above) - and voila!...the sector that makes up 70 percent of the US economy is happier. The US Conference Board's consumer confidence index rose to 54.1 in August following an upwardly revised 47.4 in the previous month. The expectations ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2009
... heavyweight oil stocks lower. After opening with modest gains, the major indices briefly shot higher after the Conference Board reported its consumer confidence index rebounded to 54.1 points in August, well above analyst forecasts and snapping two months ...