July 29, 2003

Consumer Confidence Down

The Consumer Confidence Index fell 7 points last month. The cause is the increase in unemployment.

Posted by Steve at July 29, 2003 11:10 AM
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How to reconcile this with the large increase in consumer spending last quarter?

Posted by: Robin Roberts on July 31, 2003 07:59 AM

Yeah its squirrely right now. Confidence is down, spending is up. The recession just ended, and Greenspan is optimistic, but the stock market still takes a hit.

Post Bubble hangover? Beats me....

Posted by: Steve on July 31, 2003 08:51 AM
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