Posted on 10/25/2011 9:42:33 AM PDT by traumer
Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Consumer confidence unexpectedly slumped in October to the lowest level since March 2009, when the U.S. economy was in a recession, as Americans' outlooks for employment and incomes soured.
The Conference Board's sentiment index decreased to 39.8 from a revised 46.4 reading in September, figures from the New York-based private research group showed today. This month's reading was less than the most pessimistic forecast in a Bloomberg News survey in which the median projection was 46.
Limited job availability, deteriorating home values and the threat of a European debt default are weighing on sentiment. A drop in optimism helps explain concern among some companies like Levi Strauss & Co. that spending will be restrained during the holiday shopping season.
"The outlook continues to deteriorate," said Yelena Shulyatyeva, a U.S. economist at BNP Paribas in New York. "This is not good for the holidays, which won't be horrible but will definitely be worse than last year."
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This is unprecedented usage of this word.
IBTU?
I hope Obama loses in a landslide election. “Unexpectedly”.:)
I hope Obama loses in a landslide election. “Unexpectedly”.:)
I hope Obama loses in a landslide election. “Unexpectedly”.:)
I hope Obama loses in a landslide election. “Unexpectedly”.:)
Oops, sorry..sorry..and sorry.
Only in the world of make-believe.
Astonishingly, consumer confidence has not fallen through the floor!
Yet.
DRINK!
You can say that again!
CA....
Wow, the SF Urinal prints bad economic news the day Zero hits town. Unexpected.
Nope, and neither was I.
Just what I was thinking, only a brain dead supporter of Obama would expect otherwise.
Bears repeating! ;-)
MSM nonchalant about $38,000.00 a plate dinner in Hollywood with Obama.
So they are dumb struck about what the rest of the nation is going through.
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it happens
The word “unexpected” and all its variations should be forcibly removed from the lexicons of every news room in the country. Journalists have abused the privilege by being stupid enough to believe projections of liars, thieves, idiots, and Democrats (redundant, I know).
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