

Consumer Sentiment Index 69.9
December 22, 2011 – The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan reported that the Consumer Sentiment Index rose to 69.9 in the December 2011 survey, between the 64.1 in November and last December’s 74.5. Importantly, this was the fourth consecutive month that the Sentiment Index increased from …


Housing `Transition’ in 2012 [Video]
Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) — Stuart Hoffman, chief economist at PNC Financial Services Group Inc., talks about the outlook for the U.S. housing market and economy, and today’s final congressional approval of a two-month U.S. payroll-tax cut extension. Hoffman talks with Sheila Dharmarajan on Bloomberg Television’s …



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