US consumer sentiment rises slightly
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NEW YORK - US consumer sentiment brightened slightly in November, helped by cheaper gasoline and a better jobs outlook, but came in below market expectations, a survey released Wednesday showed.
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U.S. retail sales rose modestly as expected last month, but the underlying message from the consumer was strong at the start of the fourth quarter after record oil prices failed to deter shoppers.
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NEW YORK, September 16 (New Ratings) - The US consumer prices increased only modestly last month, indicating no immediate inflation risks to the macroeconomic trends.
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A widely watched indicator of consumer confidence unexpectedly rose for the second straight month in January, hinting that the US economy would continue to grow in the first half of 2005, but at a slower pace.
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US consumer prices rose modestly in November as a surge in energy costs a month earlier moderated, the Labor Department said on Friday.
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U.S. consumers' mood brightened   slightly more than expected in September, a report showed on   Friday, and their inflation expectations slipped.
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U.S. consumers fed a pick-up in U.S.  economic growth in the third quarter but a sentiment survey for  this month showed oil prices were dampening their spirits,  government and private-sector data showed on Friday.
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U.S. consumer prices rose modestly in November as energy costs that had shot up a month earlier and fanned inflation fears posted only a small gain last month, the Labor Department said on Friday.
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Consumer prices rose slightly in August, easing fears that inflation, which surged earlier this year, would rapidly pick up steam.
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U.S. consumer confidence rose slightly in December, with marginal improvement in the outlook for business conditions, employment and inflation, according to a private report on Thursday.
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U.S. consumers' mood brightened a bit in late December, but still soured for the month as a whole, the third straight month that it did so, leaving sentiment near its lowest since Hurricane Katrina, a report showed on Friday.
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U.S. consumers have grown more cheerful so far this month as the hotly contested presidential election drew to a close and job prospects seemed to improve, according to a survey released on Friday.
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A widely watched indicator of consumer confidence unexpectedly rose for the second straight month in January, hinting that the U.S. economy would continue to grow in the first half of 2005, but at a slower pace.
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U.S. consumer sentiment was stronger  than expected in August, a report showed on Friday, though  expectations of the future economic situation worsened.
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U.S. consumer prices rose a mild 0.2  percent last month, but a sharp jump in lodging costs pushed  core inflation unexpectedly ahead at its quickest pace in five  months, a government report showed on Tuesday.
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Stocks rose slightly on Thursday as  inflation data suggesting the Federal Reserve will not stray  from its course of measured interest rate hikes encouraged  investors.
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Spending by US consumers rose in November, suggesting shoppers will continue to boost economic growth this quarter. The 0.2 percent gain in personal expenditures on goods and services