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Consumer confidence continued to decline over the past two weeks, according to the HPS-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI). The index dropped by a total of 1.2 points, declining from a reading of 53.1 points on April 3rd to 51.9 points on April 17th. This is the lowest level the ESI has hit since December 12th,… Continue reading Consumer Confidence Continues To Edge Downward

Following a short bump in economic sentiment, consumer confidence declined by 0.5 points over the past two weeks to reach 53.1 points, according to the HPS-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI). While the ESI remains 2.5 points off 2018 highs, the index remains in line with 2017’s high-point of 53.2, a 0.1 point difference.

After a dip in February, consumer confidence recovered slightly over the past two weeks, according to the HPS-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI). The index rose a total of 0.8 points, rising from a reading of 52.9 on March 6th to 53.7 on March 20th. Consumer confidence remains slightly above 2017 levels, as this week’s reading… Continue reading Economic Sentiment Recovers As Consumer Confidence In The Broader Economy Grows

Consumer confidence dropped 1.4 points to 52.9, its lowest level in 2018 so far, according to the HPS-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI). This is the ESI’s second consecutive reading with a decline, following the previous reading’s drop of 1.3 points, from 55.6 to 54.3 on Tuesday, February 20. Plunging confidence in the broader U.S. economy… Continue reading Consumer Confidence Dips To Its Lowest Point Since December 2017

Consumer confidence declined over the past two weeks for the first time in 2018, according to the HPS-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI). The index fell a total of 1.3 points, from 55.6 to 54.3, since the previous reading on February 6. This drop marks the first time the ESI has declined since the December 12… Continue reading Consumer Confidence Falls For The First Time In 2018

For the third-consecutive reading, consumer confidence reached a record high, rising 1.2 points to 55.6, according to the HPS-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI). Economic sentiment has reached new heights with every reading in 2018, as the overall ESI has increased a total of 2.5 points, from 53.1 on December 26, 2017, the last reading for 2017,… Continue reading Consumer Confidence In Personal Finances, Broader U.S. Economy At Highest Levels In More Than Five Years

Consumer confidence reached a record high for the second consecutive reading despite the brief federal government shutdown, rising 0.1 points to 54.4, according to the HPS-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI). A slight uptick in the reading pushed the ESI to its highest level since the index’s creation more than five years ago. Rising confidence in… Continue reading Consumers Unperturbed By Government Shutdown, ESI Reaches Another Record High

Consumer confidence has reached its highest level in at least five years, as the HPS-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) broke its all-time high today by surpassing all previous readings since it came into existence in 2013. The index rose 1.2 points to 54.3 over the past two weeks, building on the gains experienced at the end… Continue reading ESI Sets New Record As Consumer Confidence Rises To Highest Level In More Than Five Years

In its final reading of 2017, the HPS-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) jumped 1.8 points to reach 53.1, its second highest level achieved during the year. The increase in consumer confidence erases almost all of the losses the ESI experienced in each of the two readings since the index reached its peak of 53.2 on November 14.… Continue reading Consumer Confidence Ends The Year On A High Note In The Final Reading Of 2017

Consumer confidence dropped 1.6 points to 51.3, its lowest level since falling to 50.7 on October 3, 2017, according to the HPS-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI). This is the ESI’s second consecutive decline after dropping 0.3 points — from 53.2 to 52.9 — during the previous reading. The decline had little impact on the ESI’s 2017… Continue reading Consumer Confidence Slides To Two-Month Low