U.S. home prices, consumer confidence fall sharply
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U.S. consumer confidence fell more sharply than expected in September while the pace of existing home sales slowed in August, according to reports on Tuesday, supporting the view the Federal Reserve would soon cut benchmark interest rates again.
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US consumer confidence fell sharply in August, breaking four straight months of gains, as a slowdown in job growth creation and rising oil prices weighed on sentiment.
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U.S. home sales and prices will fall  further in 2007 than earlier expected, the leading realty trade  association predicted on Wednesday.
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Confidence among US home builders fell this month to the lowest since February 1991 as interest rates climbed and delinquencies surged.
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Consumer confidence fell sharply in both Massachusetts and the nation in October, weighed down by concerns about jobs, rising energy costs, and the strength of the economic recovery.
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Consumer prices unexpectedly dipped 0.1 percent last month and new home construction hit a 12-year low, data on Wednesday showed, underlining concerns about the country's economic outlook.
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U.S. consumer confidence fell further than expected to a 10-month low in June as Americans grew anxious about jobs and the business climate, a survey showed on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK - Job worries helped push consumer confidence down in September for the second consecutive month, a New York-based private research group said Tuesday.    The Consumer Confidence Index fell 1.9 points to 96.8 from a revised reading of 98.7 in August, according to The Conference Board...
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US consumer confidence unexpectedly fell in November to the lowest level in eight months as higher energy prices damped optimism among low-income Americans.
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U.S. new home sales fell in May while consumer confidence hit a 10-month low in June on worries about jobs and the business climate, adding to signs of sluggish economic growth.
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NEW YORK, Jan. 4 -- U.S. stocks tumbled Friday after a feeble employment report heightened concerns about the outlook for a pillar of the economy -- the American consumer.
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U.S. consumer confidence fell in  November as Americans grew more pessimistic about the job  market, a survey showed on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK - Consumer confidence, which had been on the rise since April, declined unexpectedly sharply in August, a private research group said Tuesday.    The Consumer Confidence Index dropped 7.5 points to 98.2 from a revised reading of 105.7 in July, according to a report from The Conference Board...
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Consumer confidence dropped to its lowest levels since midsummer amid worries about high energy prices, uncertainty about the labor market and anxiety about making major purchases like a car or a home.
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Consumer confidence in the US falls by more than expected to its lowest level since November 2005.
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Consumer confidence deteriorated in  August to its lowest in a year on concerns about a softening  labor market and market turmoil stemming from the subprime  mortgage crisis, a business research group said on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK -- U.S. home prices fell 3.2 percent in the second quarter, the steepest rate of decline since Standard & Poor's began its nationwide housing index in 1987, the group said Tuesday.