Posts Tagged ‘ economic sentiment ’
According to weekly trend data from Experian Simmons, 35.5% of all U.S. adults now believe that in the coming 12 months they will be financially better off than they are today. That's up from 30.7% who felt this way as of November 8, 2010, a relative increase of almost 16%.[ READ MORE ]
The economy is up – the economy is down, which one is it? Indicators on consumers’ expectations and spending confirm our economic uncertainty as we head into 2011. Consumer spending, which accounts for roughly 70% of what our economy produces, looked strong for the fourth quarter of 2010. A CNN/Money poll of 27 leading economists [...][ READ MORE ]
American consumers have gone through many a tribulation in the past two and a half years. Hopes were pinned on an economic recovery that was going to be spurred by resumed consumption growth. Nonetheless, we seem to be far from it, at least for the time being, which has had a negative impact on the [...][ READ MORE ]
Prior to the 2008 election, Fox News, CNN and MSNBC viewers seemed to be almost equally dismayed with regard to the future of the U.S. economy. On average, only 16% of Fox News viewers, 14% of CNN viewers and 13% of MSNBC viewers thought that the U.S. economy was going to be better off in [...][ READ MORE ]
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