Last year ended with lower energy prices and higher economic growth, and consumer confidence was on the rise. The Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index hit 98.1 this January, its highest mark since January 2004. But the Obama economy is the Michael Corleone Godfather: Part III recession: Just when you thought you […] Read more »
Customer Satisfaction With TV, Internet and Phone Service at 7-Year Low, Study Finds
Americans have long expressed dissatisfaction with their cable and Internet service. This year, they seem to have grown even more dissatisfied. The American Customer Satisfaction Index released on Tuesday the results of its latest study on customer satisfaction with cable TV, Internet and phone service providers, saying that the results […] Read more »
Favorable spending outlook for 2015 despite May decline in consumer optimism
Consumer optimism retreated in May as consumers adopted more modest prospects for a rebound following the economy’s dismal 1st quarter performance, according to the University of Michigan (U-M) Surveys of Consumers. CONT. University of Michigan Read more »
No Improvement in Economic Confidence Index, Now at -9
Gallup’s U.S. Economic Confidence Index registered -9 for the week ending May 24, two points lower than the previous week. This reading remains lower than scores in the first four months of 2015, but is still much higher than what Gallup has found over most of the previous seven years. […] Read more »
Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Increases
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which had declined in April, increased moderately in May. The Index now stands at 95.4 (1985=100), up from 94.3 in April. CONT. Conference Board Read more »
How student debt became a presidential campaign issue
The $1.3 trillion burden of student debt is becoming an issue in the 2016 presidential campaign as candidates court the millions of Americans grappling with the high cost of college. … Democratic pollster Geoff Garin, who worked on Clinton’s 2008 campaign, said he thinks the issue of student debt is […] Read more »