by Mike Duff | Jun 25, 2025 | Retail Articles
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index slipped 5.4 points in June, falling to 93 from 98.4 in May as pessimism about business conditions weighed on sentiments. The Present Situation Index, based on consumer assessment of current business and labor market...
by Mike Duff | May 28, 2025 | Retail Articles
The Conference Board noted consumer spending shifts while reporting the Consumer Confidence Index increased by 12.3 points in May to 98, just below the 100 line between positive and negative and up from 85.7 in April. The Present Situation Index, based on consumers’...
by Mike Duff | Mar 31, 2025 | Retail Articles
Amid declining economic and personal financial outlooks for the year’s second half, the Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index fell by 7.2 points in March to 92.9, a figure below the 100 mark that divides positive from negative sentiments. The Present...
by Mike Duff | Nov 6, 2024 | Featured News, Retail Articles
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index increased in October to 108.7 jumping from just below to well over the dividing line between positive and negative sentiments, which is a rating of 100. The September reading was 99.2. The Present Situation Index, based...
by Mike Duff | Jul 31, 2024 | Retail Articles
The Conference Board reported its Consumer Confidence Index rose in July to 100.3, just above the positive/negative borderline after registering a downwardly revised 97.8 in June. The Present Situation Index, based on consumers’ assessment of current business...