Consumer Sentiment

Economic Watch: Business Investment, Consumer Sentiment Strong as Home Sales Slip

Orders for long-lasting durable goods fell in April, but a closely watched proxy of business investment moved higher. And although sales of existing homes declined, consumer sentiment remains strong.

Economic Watch: Consumers Stay Upbeat as Retail, Wholesale Prices Barely Change

A newly released report showed consumer sentiment this month remained at the same level it was a month earlier but it’s still high, while separate reports indicated inflation remains rather tame.

Economic Watch: Industrial Production, Consumer Sentiment Up; New Homes Mixed

Industrial production in the U.S. rebounded from a drop at the start of the year, as consumer sentiment is the best in more than a decade – but there's a decline reported in parts of the new-home-building market.

Economic Watch: Manufacturing Lags, but Homes, E-Commerce, Consumer Sentiment Rise

Several recent economic indicators, with the exception of a measure of the total output from the nation’s factories, mines and utilities production, have all moved higher. That indicates economic activity in the first month to month and a half of 2017 is still very much alive, despite recent concerns about the future following stock market gyrations.

Economic Watch: Consumer Sentiment Hits 6-Month Low, Housing Starts Fall

Consumers are feeling less upbeat, due to uncertainty about economic conditions following the tax overhaul recently signed into law, according to a new report. Meanwhile the level of new home construction last year was the best in a decade despite a December decline.

Economic Watch: Trucking Helps With Most Recent Job Gains, Consumer Sentiment Cools

The U.S. economy added another 228,000 non-farm jobs in November, aided by job gains in the trucking industry, according to a Labor Department report released Friday.

Economic Watch: Consumer Prices Jump; Retail Sales and Consumer Sentiment Skyrocket

Retail prices recorded their biggest hike in eight months in September, according to a new report, while separate ones show the best improvement in retail sales in more than two years amid consumer sentiment hitting its highest level since 2004.

Economic Watch: New Figures Showing Storm Damage

Retail sales in the U.S. reversed course in August along with industrial production, both taking a hit due to due to recent storms, as price inflation reared its head, while consumers appeared to be ever resilient.

Economic Watch: Manufacturing Jumps as Employment, Construction Slow

Job growth slowed in August, according to government numbers released Friday, while other economic reports showed manufacturing hitting a six-year high as total construction spending unexpectedly slowed – and consumers are in the best mood since 2000.

Economic Watch: Concerns Remain Despite Housing Rebound

Housing starts in the U.S. bounced back, according to a new Commerce Department report, but concerns remain about the future of the housing market as well as the wider economy.

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Economic Watch: Business Investment, Consumer Sentiment Strong as Home Sales Slip

Economic Watch: Consumers Stay Upbeat as Retail, Wholesale Prices Barely Change

Economic Watch: Industrial Production, Consumer Sentiment Up; New Homes Mixed

Economic Watch: Manufacturing Lags, but Homes, E-Commerce, Consumer Sentiment Rise

Economic Watch: Consumer Sentiment Hits 6-Month Low, Housing Starts Fall

Economic Watch: Trucking Helps With Most Recent Job Gains, Consumer Sentiment Cools

Economic Watch: Consumer Prices Jump; Retail Sales and Consumer Sentiment Skyrocket

Economic Watch: New Figures Showing Storm Damage

Economic Watch: Manufacturing Jumps as Employment, Construction Slow

Economic Watch: Concerns Remain Despite Housing Rebound

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Economic Watch: Business Investment, Consumer Sentiment Strong as Home Sales Slip

Economic Watch: Consumers Stay Upbeat as Retail, Wholesale Prices Barely Change

Economic Watch: Industrial Production, Consumer Sentiment Up; New Homes Mixed

Economic Watch: Manufacturing Lags, but Homes, E-Commerce, Consumer Sentiment Rise

Economic Watch: Consumer Sentiment Hits 6-Month Low, Housing Starts Fall

Economic Watch: Trucking Helps With Most Recent Job Gains, Consumer Sentiment Cools

Economic Watch: Consumer Prices Jump; Retail Sales and Consumer Sentiment Skyrocket

Economic Watch: New Figures Showing Storm Damage

Economic Watch: Manufacturing Jumps as Employment, Construction Slow

Economic Watch: Concerns Remain Despite Housing Rebound

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