The Conference Board’s closely watched index unexpectedly surged 7.3 points to 60.3 in January — rising to its highest level since May — as Americans’ started 2011 optimistic that the job market and U.S. economy would keep i…
Consumer confidence unexpectedly fell to 52.5 in December from a revised 54.3 in November, as a sluggish U.S. job market prevented consumers from changing their cautious stance toward the economic recovery.
A Bloomberg survey had expected the index to…
Look for a “mild pickup” in the economy this spring, according to the Conference Board, whose index of leading economic indicators showed a 0.5% gain in September and October.
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