"...consumer confidence continues its robust long-term upward trend this month. Consumers like financial certainty, and this has to be the cornerstone if we are to see confidence break out into positive territory."
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Released Today: "GfK’s consumer confidence index rose by two points to -17 in May, up from -19 in the previous month. It is the highest reading since October 2021...."
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“Consumers are clearly sensing that conditions are improving” after a long period of stasis, when confidence has been “stuck in the doldrums”..."
https://t.co/ev0K93DGhs via @ft@GfK
Just Released: "... the trend is certainly positive after a long period of stasis which has seen the Overall Index Score stuck in the doldrums." https://t.co/QvMrAEHCUh @gfk
"Falling inflation and tax cuts have helped to revive consumer confidence this month, but a delay to reductions in interest rates could keep households cautious in the months ahead, a closely watched survey suggests..." @GfK#consumerconfidence https://t.co/Ep48Tsxf5S
"There was a welcome repeat of the March +2 score for how consumers feel about their personal finances in the next 12 months..." Full report released today. @GfK#consumerconfidence https://t.co/1Z3fuRNoY3
UK consumers confidence in their personal finances hits two year high: people’s outlook on their own financial situation for the year ahead - a sub-index of its overall consumer confidence index - rose two points month on month to 2 in March. https://t.co/aKu6zYIGgB via @ft@GfK
The improved Personal Finance measure (next 12 months) at +2 is encouraging because it’s the first positive and the highest score since December 2021. Full release available now. @GfK https://t.co/605DdgyriT
"Our personal financial situation for the coming year has gained two points and now stands at zero ending 24 consecutive months of negative scores... the best single indicator for how the nation’s households feel about their income and expenditure." @gfK https://t.co/5MnyCiYXpw
"Economists said the findings suggested that January’s cut in national insurance, falling mortgage rates and rising real wages were helping consumer sentiment despite the cost of living crisis still hurting household budgets..." https://t.co/wb03yeHm9q via @ft@GfK
"Investors closely watch the index as an early indicator of spending trends. Households with greater confidence in their financial situation are typically less inclined to save and more likely to spend, boosting the economy..." https://t.co/jySGfdThSf @ft@GfK
"Recent ups and downs in confidence have underlined the nation’s topsy-turvy economic mood as encouraging news about falling inflation and wage growth is offset by high personal taxation, alongside costly fuel and energy bills..." https://t.co/EbxHxledeH via @ft@GfK
Recent ups and downs in confidence have underlined the nation’s topsy-turvy economic mood as encouraging news about falling inflation and wage growth is offset by high personal taxation, alongside costly fuel and energy bills.... https://t.co/yrZPCjzM8g @GfK
Staton: "The volatility we are seeing in consumer confidence is a sure sign of a depressed economic mood and there’s no immediate prospect of any improvement..." Full release out now https://t.co/VBHeryoclC @GfK
"A closely watched UK consumer confidence survey has registered its biggest month-on-month drop in more than three years, as households contend with surging mortgage and rental costs, and higher petrol prices..." https://t.co/TEQTyGykuO via @ft@GfK
The GfK consumer sentiment indicator rose for a second month in a row to -21 in September, the highest since January last year. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a fall to -27. UK consumers most optimistic since early 2022... https://t.co/h571zRJHE6 @GfK@Reuters