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Global shares retreat, Aussie dollar slides
Oct 28th, 2009 - Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks slid on Wednesday on worries about the pace of economic recovery after a dip in U.S. consumer confidence, while the Australian dollar fell as inflation figures pared bets on an aggressive rate rise.Confidence falls amid job worries
Oct 28th, 2009 - ChicagoTribune
Consumers' confidence about the U.S. economy fell sharply during October as job prospects remained bleak, a private research group said Tuesday, fueling fears about a gloomy holiday shopping season. The Consumer Confidence Index...
Oil falls amid mixed signs on US economic recovery
Oct 28th, 2009 - Boston
SINGAPORE—Oil prices fell to near $79 a barrel Wednesday in Asia amid mixed signals about the strength of the U.S. economic recovery.
Benchmark crude for December delivery was down 30 cents to $79.Poor reading on US consumers props dollar
Oct 27th, 2009 - Forbes
The dollar was choppy in Tuesday trading after mixed reports showed U.S. consumers' confidence dropping unexpectedly this month, while home prices in 20 major metropolitan markets rose for the third straight month in August.
Stocks mostly slide on mixed data; IBM lifts Dow
Oct 27th, 2009 - USA Today
NEW YORK — Stocks mostly fell Tuesday as mixed reports on home prices and consumer confidence gave investors little incentive to step into the market. Stocks bounced...
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4:5570. How To Interpret the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI)
A lesson on the Consumer Confidence Index and what it means to traders and investors in the stock, futures, and foreign exchange markets.
4:33CNBC-TV18 Boston Analytics Consumer Confidence Index
CNBC-TV18 & Boston Analytics have launched India's most comprehensive consumer confidence index. Data for February shows a continuing decline in consumer sentiment
4:48Oct Boston Analytics Consumer Confidence Index at 70.2
CNBC-TV18 Boston Analytics' Consumer Confidence Index sees an uptick for the month of October whereas there was a decline in the previous three months. In an interview with CNBC-TV18, Kimberlee Luce, VP of Boston Analytics, spoke on the rise in the index as well as the future expectations.
0:43Consumer Confidence at 16-year Low
BusinessConsumer Confidence at 16-year LowConsumer Confidence at 16-year LowThe Associated PressSoaring gas prices and weakening job prospects left shoppers gloomier about the economy in May, sending the Consumer Confidence Index to its lowest point in nearly 16 years ...
Consumer Confidence Index from WikiPedia:
The U.S. Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) is an indicator designed to measure consumer confidence, which is defined as the degree of optimism on the state of the economy that consumers are expressing through their activities of savings and spending. Global consumer confidence is not measured. Country by country analysis indicates huge variance around the globe. In an interconnected global economy, tracking international consumer confidence is a lead indicator of economic trends.
In the United States consumer confidence is issued monthly by The Conference Board, an independent economic research organization, and is based on 5,000 households. Such measurement is indicative of consumption component level of the gross domestic product. The Federal Reserve looks at the CCI when determining interest rate changes, and it also affects stock market prices.
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