US: Consumer confidence rose in first half of August to its highest level since Jan. - UoM
|"Consumer confidence rose in the first half of August to its highest level since January due to a more positive outlook for the overall economy as well as more favorable personal financial prospect," Surveys of Consumers chief economist at the University of Michigan, Richard Curtin, said on Friday.
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- The two component indices moved in opposite directions, with the Current Conditions Index falling slightly from its decade peak, and the Expectations Index posting a more substantial rebound
- As with the overall Sentiment Index, the component indices nearly regained the peak levels recorded earlier in 2017
- At this point, the data continue to indicate a gain of 2.4% in personal consumption expenditures in 2017
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