Consumer confidence

Market events to watch for the week of Aug. 28

Alfonso Esparza
August 28, 2017
Here are the market events you should be watching this week.

Five charts that show 2017 could be a banner year for retailers

Frank Holmes
February 23, 2017

Thursday morning, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told CNBC that we could expect “significant” tax reform by August, including

Consumer confidence soars in September

Sinead Carew, Reuters
September 29, 2015
U.S. consumer confidence rose and was higher than expected in September, according to a private sector report released on Tuesday.

Time to shop

Andrew Wilkinson
March 31, 2015

Conference Board consumer confidence

Americans more optimistic

Nina Glinski, Bloomberg
January 29, 2015
U.S. confidence increased to the highest level since 2007 last week. Thank gas prices and job gains.

Q4 off to sluggish start

Victoria Stilwell, Bloomberg
November 17, 2014
Industrial production in the U.S. unexpectedly dropped in October, weighed down by declines at utilities, mines and automakers that signal manufacturing started the fourth quarter on soft footing.

Jobless claims in for a surprise

Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg
November 13, 2014
Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits rose more than forecast last week, representing a pause from a recent run of readings close to a 14-year low.

Consumer confidence rise largest since March

Andrew Wilkinson
October 28, 2014
Not since March has consumer confidence risen by as much, with the headline reading jumping 5.5-points to 94.5 for its highest reading since October 2007.

$11 trillion reasons why the U.S. is not Europe

Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg
October 14, 2014
Call it America’s $11 trillion advantage: Consumer spending is likely to steer the U.S. economy safely through the shoals of deteriorating global growth and turbulent financial markets.

Confidence low

Danielle Trubow, Bloomberg
September 30, 2014
The Conference Board’s index decreased to 86 this month, weaker than the most pessimistic forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists, from an August reading of 93.4 that was the strongest since October 2007, the New York-based private research group said today.