Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Consumer confidence up dramatically - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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in April. The index is based on a representativ sampleof 5,000 U.S. households. “Looking consumers are considerably less pessimistic than they were earliefrthis year, and expectationd are that business conditions, the laboe market and incomes will improve in the coming said Lynn Franco, director of the . “While confidenc is still weak byhistoricaol standards, as far as consumers are concerned, the worst is now behind us." appraisal of the job market was also more Those claiming jobs are "harxd to get" decreased to 44.7 percenrt from 46.6 percent in April. Those sayintg jobs are "plentiful" edged up to 5.7 percent from 4.9 percent.
The employment outlook was alsoless pessimistic, with the percentage of consumers expectinf more jobs in the months aheacd increasing to 20 percent from 14.2 percent, whilew those anticipating fewer jobs decreased to 25.2 perceng from 32.5 percent.

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