Consumer confidence index articles
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Economy Confidence Index 2024: Optimism, resilience of the Romanian business environment
The value of the CONFIDEX index, which determines the level of confidence among Romanian managers in the economy, has reached its highest value measured in the last 4 years, at 52.5, according to the latest CONFIDEX S1 2024 study. Thus, against the backdrop of declining inflation, GDP growth and heightened optimism in the local business […]
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Why isn’t the cost of borrowing money included in the consumer price index?
Loans are a big cost, but they would muddle the data in the CPI. Fed rate hikes would essentially create inflation, despite their intention.
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Stock Market Today: Dow struggles for direction after PPI reading as investors await consumer price index
A kneejerk dip for stock-index futures and a pop higher for Treasury yields following a hotter-than-expected April producer price index were both quickly unwound. Stock futures were back to where they were ahead of the figures, with Dow futures were up less than 0.1%, while S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 f