Consumers gloomiest since Katrina aftermath
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Consumer confidence weakened for a third month in October to its lowest since the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina as gasoline costs rose and the housing slump worsened.
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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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Consumers' mood brightened in early  January, but was still significantly less optimistic than a  year earlier, a report showed on Friday.
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US consumers turned more gloomy in October, beset by soaring energy prices, relentless violence in Iraq and the increasingly bitter end of the presidential election campaign.
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US consumer confidence hasdropped to its lowest levels since the middle of the northern summer amid worries about high energy prices, uncertainty about the labor market and anxiety
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Life & style: 2007 saw aggrieved consumers secure a series of corporate climbdowns over everything from Mars bars to bank charges, writes Rebecca Smithers
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Retailers are in for a gloomy holiday season, with shoppers weighed down by the weakening housing market and the credit crunch, according to industry forecasts.
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WASHINGTON -- Consumers, battered by harsh economic crosswinds, spent less in December than at any time in the past 15 months.
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Depression, suicide, drinking and domestic abuse are up in New Orleans, which is ill-equipped to offer much counseling help, and the hurricane's one-year anniversary only makes it worse
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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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U.S. shoppers were keen bargain hunters following Thanksgiving, but nearly 40 percent of them left disappointed because they did not get help or the lines were too long, according to a survey released on Wednesday.
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U.S. consumers' mood brightened a bit in late December, but still soured for the month as a whole, the third straight month that it did so, leaving sentiment near its lowest since Hurricane Katrina, a report showed on Friday.
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The outlook for consumer spending became cloudier Tuesday, after some of the nation's leading retailers reported mixed results for the second quarter.
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Consumer confidence weakened in August as volatile financial markets and housing problems took a toll, a private research group said Tuesday.
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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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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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The disappointing sales figures made it clear that consumers wrestling with high gas and food prices, a slumping housing market, an escalating credit crisis and a weakening job market retrenched further.