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Consumer Confidence Edges Up Despite Tariff & Oil Concerns
1+ hour, 52+ min ago (448+ words) Consumer Confidence Edges Up Despite Tariff & Oil Concerns'Woodall's Campground Magazine Consumer Confidence Edges Up Despite Tariff & Oil Concerns The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index edged up by 0.8 points in March to 91.8 (1985=100), from 91.0 in February, according to a release. The Present…...
Iran War is Creating a Perfect Storm for U.S. Small Businesses
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (201+ words) Iran War is Creating a Perfect Storm for U.S. Small Businesses'Woodall's Campground Magazine Iran War is Creating a Perfect Storm for U.S. Small Businesses The Iran war is making life more difficult for small business owners across the country, who are grappling…...
AP: Iran Attacks Threaten U.S. Economy with More Uncertainty
4+ week, 2+ day ago (227+ words) The U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran add yet more question marks around a U.S. economy already buffeted by on-and-off tariffs, weak'hiring, and'lingering inflationary pressures,'according to an Associated Press report. The war has already'raised oil prices'and could lift prices at the…...
U.S. Consumer Confidence ‘Collapsed’ Sharply in January
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (299+ words) The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index'fell by 9.7 points in January to 84.5 (1985=100), from an upwardly revised 94.2 in December. A 5.1-point upward revision to December's reading of the Index resulted in a slight increase last month, reversing the initially reported decline. However,…...
Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady as Economic View Improves
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (169+ words) Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady as Economic View Improves'Woodall's Campground Magazine Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady as Economic View Improves The Federal Reserve on Wednesday (Jan. 28) voted to take a break from a recent run of interest rate cuts, as…...
Fed Expected to Keep Rates Unchanged in Meeting this Week
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (279+ words) After two weeks of intense political and legal scrutiny, the Federal Reserve will seek to make this week's meeting about interest rates as straightforward and uneventful as possible, though President Donald Trump probably still won't like the result, according to…...
Consumer Sentiment Improved in January, UM Survey Finds
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (239+ words) Joanne Hsu, director of the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index and a Research Associate Professor at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research. Consumers felt a bit better about the economy in January as sentiment lifted off from…...
Resilient U.S. Consumers Drive Strong Economic Expansion
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (209+ words) Resilient U.S. Consumers Drive Strong Economic Expansion'Woodall's Campground Magazine Resilient U.S. Consumers Drive Strong Economic Expansion The U.S. economy grew at a surprisingly strong 4.3% annual rate in the third quarter, the most rapid expansion in two years, driven by consumers who continue to…...