by sslifer | Dec 23, 2025 | Consumer, NumberNomics Notes
December 23, 2025 . The Conference Board reported that consumer confidence fell 3.8 points in December to 89.1 after having declined 2.6 points in Novemberber. Consumer confidence reached a peak in November of last year at 112.8 but it has fallen steadily for most...
by sslifer | Dec 19, 2025 | Consumer, NumberNomics Notes
December 19, 2025 The final estimate of consumer sentiment for December rose 1.9 points to 52.9 after having fallen 2.6 points in November Surveys of Consumers Director Joanne Hsu said, “Consumer sentiment confirmed its early month reading, inching up less...
by sslifer | Dec 5, 2025 | Consumer
December 5, 2025 Personal consumption expenditures rose 0.3% in September after climbing 0.5% in August. In the past year nominal spending has risen 5.0%. What we are really interested in is “real” or inflation-adjusted spending. That is what goes into...
by sslifer | Apr 4, 2024 | Consumer
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...
by sslifer | Apr 4, 2024 | Consumer, NumberNomics Notes
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...
by sslifer | Apr 4, 2024 | Consumer, NumberNomics Notes
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...
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