Sentences with phrase «overall economic confidence»

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Improving consumer confidence tends to support loan growth as well as overall economic stability.

Even though there are very serious problems with consumer confidence and unemployment, easy year - over-year earnings comparisons in the coming months should help the overall stock market, especially if there are positive economic headlines.

Conference Board economist Lynn Franco said that the improvements in consumers» confidence and expectations about the future indicate that the recent strengthening in overall economic growth should continue in the second half of the year.

The Index of Business Leader Confidence, computed based on interviews with 462 business leaders of companies from Buffalo, the Capital Region, Rochester and Syracuse stands at 97.1, down from 103.8 last year, below the breakeven point of 100 at which overall optimism and pessimism towards the current and future economic conditions are balanced.

Overall confidence in the economic future is strong, but less in New York than the country as a whole.

Houston's economic recovery is happening at a slow pace, but any near - term improvement in its office market has less to do with the energy sector than growth in other industries and overall confidence in the economy, according Kevin Roberts, president of Southwest operations with real estate services firm Transwestern.

RISMEDIA, May 13, 2011 — Fannie Mae's latest national housing survey finds that Americans expressed more cautious optimism during the first quarter of 2011 than in the fourth quarter of 2010, but they continue to lack confidence in the overall strength of the housing market and economic recovery.

These industry leaders obviously recognize the benefit that EquityLock's Home Price Protection plan brings their agents who can use it to allay the concerns of wary and reluctant home buyers, but they also realize the far - reaching effects this can have in restoring real estate consumer confidence, which is necessary to spark an overall economic rebound.

Overall economic uncertainty contributed to weak consumer confidence, which influenced potential home buyers to remain on the sidelines while low prices made owners reluctant to list.

Says Lynn Franco, Director of Economic Indicators at The Conference Board: «Despite this month's improvement in confidence, the overall Index remains at historically low levels.

«We see the consumer confidence has been bolstered with decent news on the job market and economic growth, strengthening housing market overall in Chicago.»

Robust economic conditions, low unemployment rates, modestly growing salaries and wages, and sound consumer confidence contributed to the overall strength of the residential real estate sector, the company says.

«The current economic environment does not appear to have dampened Canadians» overall confidence in the housing market,» says Karen Leggett, head of home equity financing for RBC Royal Bank.