Positive News On Real Estate » consumer confidence http://www.positiveonrealestate.com Positive Real Estate News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:34:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Employment Predictor: More Jobs http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/pr/341 http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/pr/341#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:23:51 +0000 admin http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/?p=341 Biggest Gain in Job Wanted ads since October 2006
Online advertised vacancies rose 250,000 to 3,367,000 in May, according to The Conference Board Help-Wanted Online Data Series (HWOL)(TM) released this week. The May gain was the first since the modest gain of 21,000 in October 2008, and the largest since October 2006. Even with this month’s increase, online advertised vacancies remained down 1,152,000, or 25%, since last year. This uptick was true in 43 of the 50 states in the month of May.
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]]> http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/pr/341/feed 0 Consumers Feeling Better About Economy http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/pr/328 http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/pr/328#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 20:08:04 +0000 admin http://www.positiveonrealestate.com/?p=328 Consumer confidence extended its rebound in May, soaring to the highest level since last September as more shoppers are feeling the worst of the recession is behind them.

The Conference Board said Tuesday that its Consumer Confidence Index, which had dramatically increased in April, zoomed past economists’ expectations to 54.9 from a revised 40.8 in April. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters were expecting 42.3. In February, confidence levels had hit a new historic low of 25.3.

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  • nearly one in three (31.2%) consumers is confident/very confident in chances for a strong economy over the next six months, rising five points from April (26.0%), nearly 12 points from a year ago (19.5%) and the highest reading since January ’08 (33.5%).
  • Increasingly confident consumers are looking toward a better tomorrow for the volatile job market…
  • May’s improvements in confidence, practicality, and the employment environment appear to have boosted the 90 Day Outlook, according to the BIGresearch Diffusion Index (those who say they’ll spend less subtracted from those who will spend more).  While several categories improved compared to April, the BIG news here is that most categories are up versus May ’08, putting consumers in a better position to spend compared to a year ago:

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