Consumer confidence index unexpectedly decrease in the U.S.A.

By: trademagazin Date: 2009. 08. 17. 00:07

According to the survey of the University of Michigan; Contrary to the expectations, the U.S. consumer pessimism did not decreased. The Institute's consumer confidence index decreased from 66.0 points to 63.2 points.

The data is has caused a large negative surprise, because 69 points were expected in the projections of the analysts. The consumer confidence index value has not been this low since March in the U.S..
However there are positive news; The industrial production in July for the first time since 9 months increased by 0.5 percent – reports Pénzcentrum.hu.



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