According to the National Bureau of Statistics, consumer confidence collapsed in April 2022 when Shanghai and other big cities were locked down to fight the covid-19 pandemic (see chart 1).

In this next chart, I have included an overlay with the GDP. It is easy to see the dips in consumer confidence when GDP is negative. The next chart includes regression lines through the consumer ...

If the Fed cuts interest rates today, borrowers will likely see interest rates ease off their peaks on things like credit ...

U.S. consumer sentiment rose to a four-month high in September amid expectations that inflation will continue moderating over ...

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We concluded that this was the right thing for the economy and the people we serve,” the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell ...

Explore the recent decline in AUD/USD as US dollar inflows and RBA comments weigh on the Australian dollar. Key data and ...

When the Federal Reserve meets Wednesday, officials are expected to mark the end of an era as they cut interest rates for the ...

The Federal Reserve started raising interest rates in mid-2022, increasing borrowing costs and dampening consumer confidence ...

The economic calendar will first hear the latest German consumer confidence, followed by US house prices and consumer confidence figures.

After six months of slowly building consumer confidence, sentiment has taken a dive, with both general economic and personal financial confidence falling this month, according to GfK’s September ...

Sept 17 (Reuters) - South Africa's consumer confidence recovered further in the third quarter to its best since 2019, helped by improved willingness to spend and hopes of an interest rate cut in ...