Posted on 11/09/2012 7:50:49 AM PST by mykroar
U.S. consumer sentiment rose to its highest level in more than five years in November as consumers felt more optimistic about employment prospects and the outlook for the overall economy, a survey released on Friday showed.
The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary reading on the overall index on consumer sentiment came in at 84.9, up from 82.6 the month before.
It was above the median forecast of 83 among economists polled by Reuters.
"More consumers expected good rather than bad times financially in the economy in early November, not only for the year ahead but over the next five years as well," survey director Richard Curtin said in a statement.
"This was the most positive outlook for the overall economy in more than five years," he said.
The survey's barometer of current economic conditions rose to 91.3 from 88.1 and above a forecast of 88.8.
The survey's gauge of consumer expectations rose to 80.8 from 79.0 and above an expected 79.6.
The survey's one-year inflation expectation fell to 3.0 percent from 3.1 percent, while the survey's five-to-10-year inflation outlook was at 2.8 percent from 2.7 percent.
You know it!
Pravda working overtime!
The higher consumer expectation in Houston was very noticeable but it was due solely to the belief that Romney would win in a landslide.
The next report will be devastating.
The public thought, with good reason, that Mitt Romney would be President.
Watch consumer sentiment tank as layoffs are announced, Obamugabe tightens his grip on power, and the national mood sinks.
Way to go, voters.
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