Sentences with phrase «confidence index fell»

Breaking pace with a strong first quarter, consumer spending has weakened in recent months as the consumer confidence index fell to the lowest level since January.

July's consumer confidence index fell to 50.4 — the lowest level since February 2010 — from an upwardly revised 54.3 in June.

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Overall, the bank's small business confidence index stood at 70 this fall, compared with 63 in the fall of 2012 and 59 last spring.

A local business confidence index published on Thursday fell to its lowest in more than two decades in December.

A score of 100 would indicate maximum improvements across the SME Health Check Index's eight indicators (business costs, capacity, employment, GDP, lending to SMEs, net business creation, revenue and SME business confidence), down 48 per cent since 2014 and the fifth consecutive quarterly fall The SME Health Check Index fell from 48.4 in the third quarter of 2017 to 42.0 in Q4 2017, suggesting a worsening business and macroeconomic environment since the EU Referendum in June 2016 and the ongoing Brexit negotiations.

In other words, the gold / GYX ratio (gold relative to the Industrial Metals Index) tends to fall during the booms, which are periods when economic confidence rises while mal - investment sets the stage for an economic contraction, and rise during the busts, which are periods when the mistakes of the past come to the fore.

A bear trend continuation signal was generated last week in the FTSE Index as it fell below prior support of 7,062.10 with confidence, as the week ended in the bottom quarter of the range.

Among other confirming indicators of recession that I've regularly discussed, we now observe a gradual widening in the «consumer confidence spread,» with the «future expectations» index falling relative to the «present situation» index.

The Index — which has been a good predictor of the path GDP will take — fell by 9.6 points from +0.3 to -9.3 in the third quarter as more businesses lost confidence in the economy.

A targeted VAT cut and a National Insurance Contributions (NICs) holiday must be introduced for small firms as small business confidence fell to -9.3 due to the pressure of weak demand and rising costs, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) «Voice of Small Business» Index.

Growth and confidence remain elusive for small firms Challenging domestic conditions, access to finance and weak consumer demand are taking their toll on the optimism of small firms according to the latest data from the «Voice of Small Business» Index, which shows confidence fell by 5.8 points.

So here are three specific reasons why a falling stock market shouldn't shake your confidence in a balanced index portfolio.

The Index of Consumer Confidence stumbled for the third consecutive month in December, falling 3.3 points to 67.7 (2002 = 100), the Conference Board reported today.

According to A.T. Kearney's 2010 FDI Confidence Index, a survey of global business executives, China remained as the top - ranked nation, while India fell from second to third, behind the U.S. Brazil moved up from the sixth position to fourth.

The NAHB / Wells Fargo Housing Market Index, which tracks home builder confidence, fell to a level of 44 in March, down from 47 in December.

Consumer confidence has spiked, according to the Conference Board's consumer confidence index, as unemployment fell to its lowest level since 2000 (4.1 percent) and the economy added jobs for a record 86th consecutive month, according to November data from the U.S. Labor Department.

According to the HOME Survey's monthly Personal Financial Outlook Index, household confidence that their financial situation will improve in the next six months fell from a reading of 62 in September to 59.1 in December.

The Retirement Advisor Confidence Index, a monthly poll of wealth managers, fell 4.2 points, to 52.5, in February, one of the steepest drops since Financial Planning magazine began tracking the measure.