BLOOMBERG Market Makers January 16, 2015
Off. The state of the consumer. The Consumer Confidence index is out now. The state of the consumer is strong. How the consumer is feeling. The university of michigan Consumer Confidence reading coming in at the highest level in 11 years in january. We know what has been fueling these numbers, lower gasoline prices and more job gains. People are feeling more confident that preliminary reading of Consumer Sentiment at 98. 2 the highest since january of 2004. The reading today is better than economists had projected. We are looking at the expectations index. It shows not just how consumers are f...