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Consumer Sentiment Reaches Highest Level In 6 Years
Reuters / University of Michigan report that the preliminary reading for consumer sentiment in may is 83.7. This is a strong gain from April’s final reading of 76.4, and is the highest...
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April Final Consumer Sentiment Reading Dips Slightly To 76.4
Reuters / University of Michigan report that U.S. consumer sentiment was a reading of 76.4 in April. This is down from March’s reading of 78.6, but is up from April’s...
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Consumer Sentiment Continues Zig-Zag, Falls To 72.3
Reuters / University of Michigan report in the preliminary reading for April consumer sentiment that the index decreased to 72.3. This compares to a 78.6 reading in March, and continues...
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March Consumer Sentiment Rises To 78.6
Reuters / University of Michigan reports that the final reading for consumer sentiment in March is 78.6. This is a slight increase from February’s reading of 77.6, and a significant improvement from...
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March Preliminary Consumer Sentiment Lowest In Over A Year
Reuters / The University of Michigan reports that the preliminary reading for consumer sentiment in March declined to a reading of 71.8. This compares to February’s final reading of 77.6,...
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Consumer Sentiment Inches Up In February
Reuters / University of Michigan report that the final reading of consumer sentiment in February was 77.6. This is up from the preliminary reading for February of 76.3, and also...
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Preliminary Consumer Sentiment Reading Rises In February
Reuters / The University of Michigan report that the preliminary reading for consumer sentiment increased to 76.3 in February. This compares to a 73.8 reading in January.
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US Consumer Sentiment Little Changed In January At 73.8
Reuters / The University of Michigan report that the final reading of consumer sentiment in January was 73.8. This is a bit higher than the preliminary January reading of 71.3,...
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Consumer Sentiment Falls To Lowest Level In A Year
The University of Michigan reports that the preliminary January reading of consumer sentiment fell to 71.3, worse than December’s 72.9 figure and the lowest it has been since December of...
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Consumer Sentiment Slips In December
The University of Michigan / Reuters reports that the final consumer sentiment reading for December declined to 72.9. This is a slight revision down from December’s preliminary print of 74.5, and...
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Consumer Sentiment Tumbles In December
The December preliminary reading for the Reuters’ / University of Michigan consumer sentiment index fell to 74.5. This follows a print of 82.7 in November, and ends 5 consecutive months of gains.
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Consumer Sentiment Remains Strong In November
The Reuters / University of Michigan consumer sentiment gauge released a final November reading of 82.7 this morning. This somewhat of a disappointment, as it’s below the November preliminary reading...
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Consumer Sentiment Reaches 84.9, Highest In Over 5 Years
The Reuters / University of Michigan consumer sentiment index rose this morning to a November preliminary reading of 84.9. This is an increase to October’s reading of 82.6, and is...
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Consumer Sentiment Reaches Highest Level In 5 Years
The final October reading in the Reuters / University of Michigan consumer sentiment index released this morning reached it’s highest level since September of 2007, coming in at 82.6. A...
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Consumer Sentiment Shoots To Highest Level Since September Of 2007
The preliminary reading for October consumer sentiment shot up to 83.1 this morning, well above the 78.3 figure from September, and the highest the index has been since September of 2007. This...
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Consumer Sentiment Sees Considerable Gain In September, Highest Reading In Nearly 5 Years
The final reading of consumer sentiment in September was 78.3, lower than the preliminary reading of 79.2, but well over the 74.3 figure in August. This is the highest reading...
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Consumer Sentiment Shoots Up
The September preliminary reading on consumer sentiment (MCSI) shot up to 79.2 this morning, well above expectations of 74.0 and August’s reading of 74.3. This is a huge jump, and the highest print from...
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Consumer Sentiment Nudges Up
The University of Michigan reports that consumer sentiment in August reads 74.3, a modest improvement. Compared to historical figures, we can see that readings less than 80 will not bring...
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FOMC Minutes Inch Closer To QE
Today the Federal Reserve released the minutes from the meeting occurring July 31 – August 1. We’re ever so slowly approaching more quantitative easing. July 31 – August 1, 2012 FOMC Minutes...
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Consumer Sentiment On The Rise
The Reuters / University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index is up in the month of August to 73.6, above July’s figure of 72.3 and analysts expectations of 72.2. Consumer sentiment...
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US Consumer Sentiment Mostly Flat
Final consumer sentiment for the month of July came in at 72.3 today, just above expectations of 72.0 and June’s figure of 72.0. We are well above recession lows and...
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Consumer Sentiment Below Expectations
The University of Michigan reports that preliminary consumer sentiment (MCSI) in July fell to 72.0, down from 73.2 in June and below expectations of 73.5
