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From the Bonference Board: Consumers' appraisal of present-day conditions was less favorable in June. Those claiming business conditions...

Click for a larger image From Reuters: U.S. consumer confidence rose to a nine-month high in June but failed again to surpass its level of ...

From the Conference Board: The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index™, which had improved considerably in April, posted another large g...

First, home prices are still dropping: Home prices in 20 U.S. metropolitan areas fell in April by the most on record, signaling the housing ...

Consumer spending accounts for about 70% of overall US economic growth. Therefore, the consumer's health is vitally important to further...

From IBD: The April index reading is almost 20% below the year-ago figure, and is 21% below the 12-month average. Worse yet for the major PC...