… At -31.9 on its scale of -100 to +100, the CCI is down 4.3 points from its 2014 high of -27.6 a month ago, and has been stuck below its recovery zone, the -20s, for three weeks straight, after a month on the good side of that line. It’s […] Read more »

Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index averaged -15 for the week ending April 6. This reading is similar to last week’s average of -16 but is higher than the -20 recorded in early March, the low point so far for 2014. CONT. Justin McCarthy, Gallup Read more »

Consumer confidence climbed last week from an almost two-month low, paced by improving perceptions of personal finances and the buying climate that signal shoppers will return to U.S. retailers as temperatures warm. The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index rose to minus 30 in the period ended March 30 from minus 31.5 […] Read more »

Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index averaged -17 in March, essentially the same as the -16 measured in January and February. CONT. Rebecca Riffkin, Gallup Read more »

Consumer confidence has remained largely unchanged in the past three months despite the hard winter as well as a severe drought. Consumer finances were just as strong in March as in December 2013, and more importantly, consumers viewed their financial prospects for the year ahead much more favorably in March […] Read more »

Consumer confidence in the U.S. declined to the lowest level in seven weeks as Americans turned more pessimistic about the economy. The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index fell for a second week, to minus 31.5 in the period ended March 23 from minus 29. CONT. Katherine Peralta, Bloomberg Read more »