Consumer sentiment climbed for a fourth straight week, reaching the highest level in more than five years as Americans grew more upbeat about their finances. The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index (COMFCOMF) improved to minus 27.3 in the period ended July 7, its highest level since January 2008, from minus 27.5 […] Read more »
Bush Still Bears Brunt of Blame for Economic Woes
Americans are still more likely to blame former President George W. Bush “a great deal” or “a moderate amount” than President Barack Obama for the country’s current economic problems. More Americans blamed Bush during Obama’s first year as president in 2009; however, since mid-2010, views have been steady at levels […] Read more »
Economic Confidence Levels Off
Gallup’s U.S. Economic Confidence Index was -9 for the week ending July 7, on par with scores from the past month. The index has been slightly lower since reaching a five-year weekly high of -3 in late May and early June. Still, confidence has generally improved from levels Gallup has […] Read more »
Regulators Examining Sales of Early Financial Data
The financial industry is bracing for new scrutiny of services that give trading firms an advance look at market-moving data and news. The New York attorney general’s office has been taking a broad look at the common practice. On Monday, one prominent data provider, Thomson Reuters, under pressure from the attorney […] Read more »
Thomson Reuters Said to Suspend Early Data Release Amid Probe
Thomson Reuters Corp. will suspend the early release of a consumer survey to select traders as part of an agreement with the New York Attorney General’s office, which is probing the matter, according to a person familiar with the investigation. [cont.] David McLaughlin, Bloomberg Read more »
Polling’s mixed message for 2014, 2016
At midyear, the national opinion polls provide little indication of which way the political wind is blowing looking ahead to 2014, and 2016. Most of the key public opinion measures are mixed, or uncertain. [cont.] Andrew Kohut, Pew Read more »