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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Consumers have been rattled this month by a surge in gasoline prices, a weakening job market and signs that the housing market is skidding.
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While Florida's economy will get the biggest jolt from this year's hurricanes, consumers around the nation may feel the effects in coming weeks and months when they buy a gallon of gas or a carton of orange juice.
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U.S. consumer sentiment deteriorated in October as rising energy costs and persistent job worries made Americans less optimistic about the future, according to a survey released on Friday.
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British retailers have endured their worst Christmas for 10 years, as cautious shoppers failed to bring festive cheer to high street shops, a survey of the sector showed.
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Consumer sentiment fell further than  expected in late October to its lowest in more than a year as  concerns about the housing slump darkened the economic outlook,  a survey released on Friday showed.
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Consumers, battered by harsh economic crosswinds, spent less in December than at any time in the past 15 months while applications for unemployment benefits soared last week, two more signs the economy is weakening.
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U.S. consumer sentiment fell in  December, a prelimiary report showed on Friday, as consumers  pared back their views of future financial conditions.
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US consumer sentiment is at its lowest level in two years on growing concerns about weak business conditions.
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Confidence among US consumers has fallen to a 16-year low, a closely watched survey claims.
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Consumers' renewed worries about job prospects led to a bigger-than-expected drop in confidence in August and provided more evidence of the fragility of the economic expansion.
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NEW ORLEANS -- More Gulf Coast residents are thinking seriously about suicide or showing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder as the recovery from Hurricane Katrina inches along, a new survey finds.
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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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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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NEW YORK -- The nation's consumers, uninspired by this season's fashions and rattled by high gas prices and the weak housing market, shopped gingerly last month, extending the misery of retailers who have struggled with a spending slowdown since February.
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A series of bleak economic reports on Friday showed the mood of American consumers deteriorating in February to a point that has always signaled recession, while factory activity in New York state suffered its biggest drop on record.
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Americans breathed a sigh of relief at the official end of an uncommonly quiet Atlantic hurricane season, a year after record-setting 2005 saw the US Gulf Coast ravaged by the Hurricane Katrina mega-storm.