December Consumer Sentiment Exceeds Expectations

December Consumer Sentiment Exceeds Expectations (Global Economic Intersection)

The University of Michigan released its preliminary Consumer Sentiment Index for December: 82.5. This number is well above the final November figure of 75.1 and the December 2012 number of 72.9. Rising consumer sentiment is correlated with real household income growth and augurs well for the 2013 holiday shopping season.

Adrienne Minor

Adrienne Minor is an editorial assistant for Eagle Financial Publications. She writes, edits and posts articles for the website, as well as edits and assists in the online distribution of Eagle’s investment newsletters, trading alerts, e-letters and other reports. Adrienne's special investing interests are in mobile technology and consumer spending.

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