Consumers gloomy, Fed minutes show less gloom
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U.S. consumer confidence slipped to a  nine-month low in August on inflation and job worries, while  minutes of the Federal Reserve's policy meeting showed most  officials thought inflation would ease in the months ahead.
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Housing data and a gauge of business  spending in June released on Thursday signaled slower U.S.  economic growth ahead, leading many to believe the Federal  Reserve is less likely to raise interest rates next month.
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Deepening worries about the economy and their personal finances put Americans in a sour mood this month, with more voters fearing a recession, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
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Investors parsed unimpressive data on home sales and consumer confidence and awaited the Federal Reserveâs meeting on interest rates.
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Investor's Business Daily - The ABC News Consumer Comfort Index fell 6 points to -33 in the week ended Feb. 3. The index dived 13 points in the last month. It fell 13 points in 4 weeks ahead of the '90-'91 recession and 14 points in the 4 weeks leading up to the '01 recession. Just 26% say it's a good time to buy, the lowest since July '93. 52% are positive on their own finances, but that's down from 58% a month ago.
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WASHINGTON -- Consumer confidence tumbled to its lowest point in nearly 1 1/2 years as a deep housing slump and a credit crunch made people more worried about the country's economic health as well as their own.
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The first economic data to emerge since last month's credit woes suggest a modest impact on business and consumers.
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U.S. stocks barely budged on Thursday   as mixed results from retailers, a tame inflation report, and   purchasing manager surveys prompted concerns about economic   growth and interest rates.
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Economy: With consumer confidence down and spending up, shoppers wrestle with &#39;stop-and-go&#39; mixed signals. By Andrea K. Walker.
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The mood of consumers brightened a bit in January, even amid the constant drumbeat of talk about a possible recession, weak jobs market and falling stock prices.
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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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Wall Street was lower as a pair of disappointing economic reports added to investor anxiety about the economy.
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WASHINGTON -- The economy logged slower growth in the early fall as troubles in the housing and credit markets weighed on companies and individuals alike, the Federal Reserve reported Wednesday.
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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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Federal Reserve officials believed the outlook for core inflation had improved, but were uncertain inflation was firmly on a downward path, according to minutes of their January 30-31 policy meeting 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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Consumer sentiment slipped  unexpectedly in July, a report showed on Friday, as consumers&#039;  view of their current conditions and expectations declined  modestly.