Consumer Confidence Index

Describes Edmunds.com Clunker Estimate of $24,000 as "Overstated and Misleading" MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After a thorough review of the Cash for Clunkers program, the chief economist of the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), Dr. Paul Taylor, determined that the cost of each incremental vehicle sold was around $4,587. An incremental sale is a sale that would not otherwise have occurred without the Clunkers program. His findings bring into serious question the methodology behind the $24,000 estimate promoted last week by the car-buying web site Edmunds.com. "It's really not that hard to determine a credible cost estimate for the Clunkers program," says Taylor. "You subtract projected sales versus actual sales for July and August when the Clunkers program was ...

Q3 2009 Career Trend Report provides overall job market picture, indicating that consumer confidence and corporate momentum will ultimately determine economic rebound PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Beyond.com, Inc., the world's largest network of niche career communities, today released its Third Quarter 2009 Career Trend Analysis Report, which revealed that Healthcare and Information Technology continue to add jobs at a steady pace, while industries in the professional services sector such as Finance and Engineering are still experiencing sharp declines. ...

NEW YORK, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The Dow Jones Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) rose to 36.9 in October, up from 34.1 in September as a result of positive media coverage of ongoing stock market gains and news that the gross domestic product rose at an annual rate of 3.5 percent in the third quarter. The gain in the ESI runs counter to unexpectedly large drops in two leading consumer-based economic indicators. The Dow Jones Economic Sentiment Indicator aims to predict the health of the U.S. economy by analyzing the coverage of 15 major daily newspapers in the U.S. The two leading consumer-based economic indicators, the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index and the Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index, use national surveys to measure consumer attitudes about the state of the U.S. economy. The Consumer Confidence Index dropped dramatically to 47.7 in October, its second consecutive monthly decline. The ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/52342d/fall_2009_tracking) has announced the addition of the "Fall 2009 Tracking Study of the Affluent Market--#16" report to their offering. As an inexpensive way to conduct research among the affluent, proprietary questions can be purchased in these tracking studies for your exclusive use. Overview This new survey provides the answers to 7 important questions and reveals how the affluent expect their spending plans to change over the ...

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