Consumer Confidence

May 27, 2025 . The Conference Board reported that consumer confidence jumped 12.3 points in May to 98.0 after having fallen  8.2 points in April, 6.2 points in March and 5.2 points in February.  After hitting a peak in November confidence plunged for five months in a...

Consumer Sentiment

May 16, 2025 The preliminary estimate of consumer sentiment for May fell 1.4 points to 50.8 after having declined 4.8 points in April.  This is the fifth consecutive decline in sentiment.  The May level is the lowest since June 2022. Surveys of Consumers Director...

Consumer Net Worth

April 4, 2024 .Consumer net worth jumped 12.8% in the fourth quarter of last year. after declining 3.7% in the third quarter  Over the past year consumer net worth has increased 8.0%. The growth in net worth reflects both the steady increase in stock prices during the...

Consumer Debt Service Ratio

April 4, 2024 Consumers debt service payments relative to income rose somewhat in the fourth quarter to 9.8%,  .Consumer debt in relation to income is slightly higher than it was a couple of quarters ago as the result of a rapid increase in credit card debt.  But the...

Consumer Loans

April 4, 2024 The economy has been chugging along at about a 2.5% pace.  Consumer loans growth in the past year has been climbing at a roughly comparable 2.9% pace.  Nothing too surprising with the extent of consumer borrowing from banks. Rather than borrowing from a...