Sentences with phrase «confidence from consumers»

After lowering its price point and upping the quantity of anticipated first - party titles such as Fire Emblem and Animal Crossing, the 3DS recovered from its sluggish start, and confidence from consumers and publishers returned, setting Nintendo up for another successful handheld generation.

The savings rate declined (pointing to continued confidence from consumers) and household spending was far and away the biggest positive contributor to GDP.

And it wouldn't have been too much of a stretch to think that there might've been at least a slight lack of confidence from the consumer base.

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Meanwhile, the U.S. Conference Board reported its consumer confidence index for September came in at 79.7, down slightly from August.

A bipartisan bill introduced in September, the Cryptocurrency Tax Fairness Act of 2017, is also needed to bolster consumer confidence, said Representative Jared Polis, a Democrat from Colorado and a co-sponsor of the measure with Arizona Republican David Schweikert.

Tack on waning consumer sentiment — the latest Conference Board consumer confidence survey puts consumer optimism at 90, down nine points from its Ocotber reading — and it's hardly surprising owners aren't feeling super positive right now, Vitner says.

As well, several consumer - confidence studies published in March reported improved confidence numbers — about 25 % of Canadians believe they will be better off financially a year from now.

At the end of the day, though, the biggest threat to Canada might likely come not from financial markets, but from what a debt ceiling breach would do to U.S. consumer and business confidence and thus the pace of growth south of the border.

DiMartino Booth mentioned the consumer confidence report out Tuesday, which didn't show a real change in people's plans to buy homes or cars despite low unemployment and more money in pockets from gas savings.

The latest example of these extreme reactions in the US economy came from Friday's University of Michigan consumer confidence survey.

Economic factors like consumer confidence, financial obligations, and delinquencies are all improving and the consumer may be more insulated than investors think from a back - up in yields, given 75 % of their financial obligations are in the form of a mortgage, close to 90 % of all mortgages are 30 - year fixed, and the average mortgage is termed out at the lowest rate ever... Taking these factors into account, we generally think it pays to remain sanguine.»

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index rose to a reading of 92.4 in August, up from 90.3 in July and the strongest reading since October 2007.

Consumer confidence is up to levels not found since 2008, but CEO confidence — the economic outlook from the proverbial corner office — was down significantly in the third quarter and likely tied to the uncertainty in Washington.

The latest move from Tesla aims to earn consumer confidence with the high level of service offered.

Consumer confidence rose from 97.3 to 101.1.

Those negative forces include a drop in demand for eurozone exports from emerging countries like China, unstable financial markets, and a decline in confidence among consumers and business managers.

This has been far from a typical recovery: Healing the post-crisis economic wounds has meant U.S. businesses and consumers took longer to regain confidence and animal spirits.

Recent data (new home sales, consumer confidence, durable goods) from the US shows that the recovery is slowing down.

Harlan Levy: From the most recent data, including robust retail sales, slightly declining consumer confidence, and weak manufacturing, what is keeping the U.S. economy recovering at its subpar pace?

But recovering from a shock like the global financial crisis can be a long drawn - out process — just as it was in the 1930s — as consumers and businesses repair their balance sheets and rebuild their confidence in the future.

The Bloomberg Nanos Canadian Confidence Index (Consumer Sentiment measure) decreased to 57.0 in the week ended December 12, down from 57.4 the previous week.

End - of - week profit taking prevented the U.S. dollar from extending its gains on Friday despite stronger - than - expected first - quarter U.S. GDP growth and an upward revision to the University of Michigan's consumer confidence index.With that in mind, steady growth and rising inflation expectations should foster further gains in the dollar next week as investors are convinced that the Federal Reserve will use the May meeting to prepare the market for a June hike.

Consumer confidence is so high from 75 months of jobs growth, there's a shortage of resale homes to buy.

These factors appear to have offset any dampening influence from the declines in business and consumer confidence that occurred in the March quarter.

Even as McDonald's faces declining confidence among Americans, it's also vulnerable to increased scrutiny from Chinese consumers about the quality of fast - food chicken.

But more general support for consumer spending is coming from growing incomes, sustained high levels of confidence, low borrowing costs and wealth gains across a range of assets.

The Kiwi Dollar moved from $ 0.70868 to $ 0.70764 upon release of the figures, with both business and consumer confidence now having softened.

Motor gasoline consumption is expected to increase by 194,000 barrels per day (b / d), up 2.1 % from last summer, reflecting higher real disposable income, substantially lower retail motor gasoline prices and higher employment and consumer confidence.

The eurozone's cyclical recovery should continue, in our view, with increasing confidence among consumers and businesses in the region boosting spending, and a further lift from a healthy global economic environment.

• The War was distracting CEOs from hiring and spending; • Consumer confidence was negatively impacted; • Victory increases the chance a tax cut passes; • War limited visibility, keeping earnings expectations low; • The markets initial rally was «looking through» the war — and seeing an economic recovery on the other side.

The Consumer Confidence Index, recently released by the Conference Board, rose to 96.5 in December from 92.6 in November.

Consumer confidence definitively broke away from recessionary levels and increased by nearly 20 % last year.

Peter Hall, Vice-President and Chief Economist for Export Development Canada (EDC) also added that «American consumers are sturdy thanks to solid job growth, rising real wages, restored confidence, better - managed household budgets, and a $ 100 billion bonus from lower gasoline prices.»

The GDP and retail sales data, pointing to more cautious expenditure by US households, contrasted with readings for consumer confidence, which generally showed little sign of dipping from the elevated levels seen since the US election.

A latest report from Google on ecommerce in India reveals that Indian consumers» confidence in online shopping recorded 128 % growth in 2012 compared to mere 40 % in 2011.

Aside from the offsetting impact of Trump's tax and tariff policies, the best simple summary of the current state of consumer confidence is that the economy is «as good as it gets.»

While the bulls got a boost from a rosy Consumer Confidence Survey reading, today's directionless movement underscored the recent uncertainty that has characterized trading over the past several weeks.

We would concur with this broadly positive outlook for the economy over the rest of the year, in large part due to the contribution from US consumers, whose well - being — thanks mainly to a robust labor market — was apparent in one measure of consumer confidence during September, which hit its highest level in nine years.

Figure 2 presents the Consumer Confidence Index from the Conference Board and its subcomponents, the Present Situation Index and the Expectations Index.

The Consumer Confidence Index increased to a level of 103.0 in September from 101.3 in August.

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Sales of frozen hamburgers from major retailers in the United Kingdom plummeted after the horse meat scandal that has deeply shaken public confidence in processed meat in Europe, a consumer research firm said.

This project will bring together an interdisciplinary team of researchers from analytical sciences, predictive modelling, law, criminology and business studies, and will contribute to consumer confidence and trust in UK food supply chains.

The decline is bad news for New York's financial situation as the nation shows signs overall that recovery from the Great Recession is gaining some steam with falling unemployment and increased consumer confidence.