The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index fell for a fourth straight month in November, dropping 6.8 points to 88.7. The Present Situation Index, which is based on consumers' assessment of ...

U.S. consumer sentiment just hit its lowest level in three years. The S&P 500 has often risen after consumer sentiment plunged in the past. There are some reasons for optimism that history will repeat ...

Preliminary data from the University of Michigan’s survey shows consumer sentiment fell to its lowest point in more than three years this month, dragged down by sharp drops in how people view their ...

Consumer spending has held up despite soft consumer-sentiment readings. The mood among consumers darkened in November as the government shutdown dragged on, according to a new survey released Friday.

Wherever consumer sentiment goes, consumer spending usually goes too. They're like buddies that do everything together. Consumer sentiment wants a hair cut, its buddy consumer spending does too. But ...

Political partisanship has become so persistent in sentiment surveys that some economists say it’s getting harder to accurately measure moods of consumers. November’s consumer sentiment data from the ...

U.S. consumer sentiment declined to its lowest level in more than three years and near an all-time low as households' concerns about the economic impact of the government shutdown mounted, according ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment slumped to near a 3-1/2-year low in early November as households across the political spectrum worried about the economic fallout from the longest ...

In this week’s episode of Markets in Motion, Bruce Campbell breaks down a market that continues to show strength — even as ...