Americans’ economic confidence continued to drop last week, with Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index edging down to -20, its lowest weekly score since mid-December. CONT. Justin McCarthy, Gallup Read more »

Consumer confidence improved for a fourth straight week as Americans’ views of the economy reached an almost seven-month high. The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index (COMFCOMF) was minus 28.5 in the period that ended March 2, the strongest reading since the first week of January and up from minus 28.6 the […] Read more »

Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index was -16 for the month of February, the same as in January. February marked the end of consecutive monthly increases in economic confidence after a dramatic drop amid the federal government shutdown in October. CONT. Justin McCarthy, Gallup Read more »

Consumer sentiment improved for a third straight week as Americans were more upbeat about the economy than at any time in the past six months. The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index (COMFCOMF) climbed to a seven-week high of minus 28.6 in the period ended Feb. 23 from minus 30.6. CONT. Jeanna […] Read more »

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had increased in January, fell moderately in February. The Index now stands at 78.1 (1985=100), down from 79.4 in January. The decline was driven by the Expectations Index, which dropped to 75.7 from 80.8. The Present Situation Index, by contrast, climbed from 77.3 […] Read more »

Gallup’s U.S. Economic Confidence Index increased slightly to -15 for the week ending Feb. 23, after registering -17 or lower the prior four weeks. While the index is still negative, it is nearing the highest weekly average in 2014 to date: -13 found in early January, before the Dow Jones […] Read more »