Economic sentiment decreased slightly in the first full reading of 2023. The Penta-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) fell 0.3 points to 35.2 in its most recent reading. Three of the ESI’s five indicators decreased over the past two weeks. Confidence in buying a new home fell the most, dropping 1.5 points to 21.2. Click here […]
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Economic sentiment remained steady over the holiday period and into the new year. The Penta-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) stayed at 35.5 in its most recent reading, after increasing steadily between the beginning of October and mid-December. Two of the ESI’s five indicators decreased over the past two weeks. Confidence in the US economy fell […]
Read More… from Economic Sentiment Remains Steady Heading into 2023
Economic sentiment increased over the past two weeks. The Penta-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) rose 0.7 points to 35.5, the fifth consecutive rise since October 2022. Three of the ESI’s five indicators increased over the past two weeks. Confidence in personal finances improved the most, increasing 3.4 points to 56.3, its largest increase since July. […]
Read More… from Economic Sentiment Rises as Inflation Continues to Cool
With the holiday shopping season gearing up, measuring consumer confidence across key economic indicators should be top of mind. Recent stock market upheavals, issues with China’s economy, the talking points of the various GOP and Democratic presidential candidates, and the recent, very positive jobs/unemployment report are just a few factors pulling economic sentiment in different directions […]
Read More… from Consumer Confidence Drops. Will This Affect Holiday Sales?
In partnership with Hamilton Place Strategies, our ESI reports are published every two weeks. The HPS-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (“ESI”) is a “living” index that measures U.S. adults’ expectations for the economy going forward, as well as their feelings about current conditions for major purchases. The primary goal of the Index is to accurately measure […]
In the second quarter of 2014, consumer confidence was up… a little… for the year, but still lower than one year prior. As part of CivicScience’s partnership with Hamilton Place Strategies, our latest quarterly report on the Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) was published today. The in-depth report includes these highlights: Summary: The quarterly measure of […]
Read More… from Our Economic Sentiment Quarterly Report is Out (Q2 2014)
Even though overall consumer sentiment about the U.S. economy remains above its 2014 average and is at a similar level from one year ago, a number of areas of our index are showing volatility. The following data is from the Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) that CivicScience produces in partnership with Hamilton Place Strategies, and the […]
U.S. consumers, tracked continuously by the Hamilton Place Strategies-CivicScience living Economic Sentiment Index, over the past two weeks have shown the strongest confidence in the economy so far this year. Highlights of this week’s report: Consumer confidence rose sharply to 47.5 over the past two weeks (though still below its number of one year ago). […]
Read More… from U.S. Economic Confidence at Highest Levels of 2014
Our partner Hamilton Place Strategies yesterday released the Q1 Economic Sentiment Report, which uses CivicScience to track and segment consumers’ feelings about key economic indicators by age, gender, income, region, and other demographics. Groups showing more confidence include younger persons, those with higher incomes, and those with higher educations. Click here for a more detailed […]
Read More… from Q1 2014 Economic Sentiment Report is Out; Younger Adults More Confident Consumers
Hamilton Place Strategies and CivicScience reported that the Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) continued to rise in the latter half of December, finishing the year with a two-week moving average of 46.3. This reading is the fifth consecutive rise in the two-week moving average since the government shutdown and brings the ESI back to levels not seen […]
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