WEAKENING PERSONAL FINANCIAL OUTLOOK DRIVES DECLINE … Bloomberg’s weekly Consumer Comfort Index (CCI) slipped to its lowest level in three months – driven by a...
DEMOCRATS BEARISH, GOP BULLISH … If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a million times: “Republicans” and Democrats in Washington, D.C. differ little on...
BAD DATA NOT ERODING CONSUMER COMFORT … YET Economic indicators in America have been overwhelmingly negative of late – including a disastrous first quarter gross...
CONSUMERS LEERY … A key measure of consumer comfort plunged this week, “a sign of unsettled public views of economic conditions overall,” according to analysts....