by sslifer | Sep 13, 2019 | Consumer, NumberNomics Notes
September 13, 2019 The final estimate of consumer sentiment for September rose by a modest 2.2 points in September to 92.0 after having fallen 8.6 points in August . Despite the drop the levels for consumer sentiment in August and September are still quite lofty. ...
by sslifer | Sep 4, 2019 | Consumer, NumberNomics Notes
September 4, 2019 Consumers debt service payments relative to their income were unchanged in the first quarter at 9.9%. This debt service ratio peaked at 13.2% of income in the fourth quarter of 2007, and it fell rapidly for the next give years and eventually dipped...
by sslifer | Sep 4, 2019 | Consumer
September 4, 2019 Consumer net worth jumped $4.7 trillion in the first quarter. That works out to an annualized rate of increase of 18.0%, but that follows a 14.7% decline in the fourth quarter as stock prices collapsed late...
by sslifer | Sep 4, 2019 | Consumer, NumberNomics Notes
September 4, 2019 Consumer loans rose 7.0% in July after having risen 4.3% in June (the purple bars). Over the course of the past year consumer loans have climbed by 5.3% (in red). Led by a pickup in both consumer lending activity and more rapid growth in commercial...
by sslifer | Aug 30, 2019 | Consumer
August 30, 2019 Personal consumption expenditures rose 0.6% in July after having climbed 0.3% in June. Over the course of the past year consumer spending has risen 4.1%. What we are really interested in is consumption spending in real terms (i.e., after adjustment...
by sslifer | Aug 27, 2019 | Consumer, NumberNomics Notes
August 27, 2019 The Conference Board reported that consumer confidence declined 0.7 point in August to 135.1 after having jumped 11.5 points in July. This series reached a cycle high of 137.9 in October of last year which also happened to be the highest level in the ...
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