On Tuesday, the Conference Board announced that the U.S. consumer
confidence index jumped to 90.9 in July, up from a revised 86.4 in June, landing at the highest level in seven years.
The economic
confidence index jumped to 107.8 in December from a revised figure of 106.6 in November.
Not exact matches
Also, consumer
confidence didn't plunge: it held roughly steady according to the University of Michigan
Index and
jumped up according to the Conference Board, which uses a different gauge.
German business
confidence jumps The Ifo Business Climate
Index hit a record high this week, reflecting
confidence that Europe's economic recovery will extend into the future.
Confidence in housing
jumped in March in the Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment
Index ® (HPSI), with the HPSI overall posting 88.3, 2.5 percentage points higher than one month prior and 3.8 percentage points higher than one year prior.