Consumer Confidence at 5-Month High
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Consumer confidence jumped in December, reversing four months of declines and reaching the highest level since July, a private research group reported Tuesday.
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U.S. consumer confidence rose more   sharply than expected in September as energy costs fell and job   prospects improved slightly, a survey showed on Tuesday.
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Confidence among US consumers rose unexpectedly in January, figures show.
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Factories saw orders for big-ticket goods jump 5.9 percent in July, the most in 10 months, an encouraging sign that many manufacturers are holding up to the stresses caused by a housing slump and a credit crunch.
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Stocks rose on Wednesday after data pointing to strength in consumer spending boosted optimism about profit growth and as bond yields retreated from five-year highs.
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Investor confidence in the U.S.  economy surged to its highest level in 10 months, buoyed by a  stock market rally and fading worries over energy prices, a  survey showed on Monday.
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Stocks rose after a measure of consumer confidence climbed to the highest since July, bolstering retailers like Wal-Mart Stores and reviving a rally that has lifted benchmark indexes to three-year highs.
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U.S. consumer sentiment rose in May as consumers remained resilient despite record high gasoline prices, according to a poll published on Friday.
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Consumer prices rose an as-expected 0.2% last month, a government report showed Tuesday, but a sharp jump in lodging costs helped push so-called core inflation up at its fastest pace in five months.
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A widely watched indicator of consumer confidence unexpectedly rose for the second month in a row in January, hinting that the economy would continue to grow in the first half of 2005, a private research group reported Tuesday.
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The Tokyo stock market&#39;s main index climbed to a five-month high Tuesday on expectations share prices in Japan and the United States would rise in the coming new year.
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Consumer spending rose in December by the most in five months, helping the economy weather a slump in manufacturing that extended into 2007.
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Japan's Nikkei share average rose half a  percent to its highest close in five months on Tuesday after  the release of economic data that supported views that Japan's  economic slowdown would be temporary.
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The Nikkei average rose 0.33 percent by midday on Tuesday, poised to hit a five-month closing high after economic data supporting the view that Japan&#39;s economic slowdown is temporary bolstered banks and brokers.
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The Bank of England (BoE) has kept its key interest rate at a five-year high point of 5.00 percent, opting against a further rise after last month's quarter-point increase.
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WASHINGTON -- Consumers boosted their spending in July by the largest amount in six months, offering hope that the current economic slowdown may not be as severe as some had feared.
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Consumer confidence in Germany, Europe's largest economy, rose for the first month in three after growth accelerated in the second quarter, a survey this month by the market research company GfK AG shows.