Is the American consumer cautiously confident? Confidently cautious? Somewhere in the middle? The Conference Board released its Consumer Confidence Index Tuesday (Aug. 27), which showed a slight uptick but didn’t produce a definitive answer. However, when you mix in earnings season results, it’s hard to...
One data point does not a trend make. And when it comes to consumer sentiment, you’d be remiss in thinking that things are — over the long term (and we’re talking a few years) — on an upswing. The U.S. Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index got...
Americans are planning fewer vacations and major purchases as consumers prepare for worsening conditions. That’s according to the Conference Board’s monthly Consumer Confidence Index, which fell to 101.3 for April, the board said in a Tuesday (April 25) news release. Also down was the board’s...
The Consumer Confidence Index hit its lowest level since February 2021, falling to 98.7, a report from the Confidence Board said Tuesday (June 28). The index fell 4.5 points from 103.2 in May, when it also fell. The Present Situation Index, which shows how consumers...
April 26, 2023
Americans are planning fewer vacations and major purchases as consumers prepare for worsening conditions. That’s according to the Conference Board’s monthly Consumer Confidence Index, which fell to 101.3 for April, the board said in a Tuesday (April 25) news release. Also down was the board’s Expectations Index, which is based on consumers’ short-term expectations about […]
June 28, 2022
The Consumer Confidence Index hit its lowest level since February 2021, falling to 98.7, a report from the Confidence Board said Tuesday (June 28). The index fell 4.5 points from...
March 30, 2021
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index has surged to new levels for the pandemic’s standards in March and now sits at 109.7, according to a press release. That’s up from...
October 27, 2020
The Consumer Confidence Index dropped in October to 100.9, a new six-month low that followed a high of 101.3 in September, according to a Conference Board statement on Tuesday (Oct....
