Richard Curtin

Jobs, Wages, Higher After-Tax Pay Keeps Consumer Confidence High

Jobs, Wages, Higher After-Tax Pay Keeps Consumer Confidence High

ANN ARBOR - Consumer sentiment has remained at very favorable levels for more than a year. In the February survey, it was just below the October 2017 peak of 100.7, the highest level since 2004, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. Expected gains in incomes, jobs and after-tax pay dominated concerns about

By Staff Writer|2018-03-08T13:39:22-05:00March 8th, 2018|News|

Consumers Judge 2017 The Best Year Since 2000

Consumers Judge 2017 The Best Year Since 2000

ANN ARBOR - Consumer confidence in 2017 was the highest since 2000, and only the long expansions of the 1960s and 1990s were significantly higher, a new report from the University of Michigan says. Consumer confidence did sink in December, with most of the decline among lower income households, according to the University of Michigan

By Staff Writer|2017-12-27T14:52:35-05:00December 27th, 2017|Featured, New Products / Contracts|