That in turn feeds back to the economy through a further downward effect on confidence.
One key takeaway is the power of the Halo effect with confidence.
Lower interest rates would boost confidence, and that effect would be multiplied if the Fed acted in concert with other central banks.
Even so, says Ms Matsui, if prices merely fall at a slower rate, this could have a profound effect on confidence and expectations.
However, manufacturing remains sluggish and the districts said the "fiscal cliff" effect was stifling confidence.
All this has had a knock-on effect on the confidence of the industry.
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High gas prices I think had a depressing effect on consumer confidence.
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So far the government's takeover of the troubled mortgage company Fannie Mae has had the intended effect, boosting confidence in the mortgage market.
The commissioner said the organisation was "concerned that lack of resources and time limits could have the effect of undermining confidence in the inquiry" and it wanted to ensure this was not the case.
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Now Mr Afriyie will be teleported into the chair of the Allowances Committee, with a mandate to make recommendations about the value for money provided by the Ipsa system, the accountability issues around it, how fair it is for less well off members and those with families, and its effect on public confidence in Parliament.
However some analysts questioned whether the move will have the desired effect of boosting business confidence.
America cannot afford to let several of its big airlines go under simultaneously, for the effect on jobs and confidence could be too great.
The confidence often placed in the positive effect of supply-side reforms should be balanced against the fact that the EU has implemented many supply-side initiatives over the past three decades (the 1992 program, EMU, competition reforms, Lisbon and other agendas) and yet the EU15 economies have grown at a slower rate in each decade since the 1960s.
Obama's alarmist rhetoric drew criticism for its likely devastating effect on consumer and investor confidence.
Does the feelgood factor lead to a boost in consumer confidence, and therefore a tangible economic effect?
It would have a very negative effect in trying to restore confidence to Greece and the European Union.
Allardyce clearly does not adhere to the theory that a good Cup run builds a team's confidence and has a beneficial knock-on effect on their league form.
The Fed's bet is that the wealth effect will trigger a virtuous cycle of confidence, investment and faster future growth.
In Japan, because the rot has spread across much of the financial system and because of the debilitating effect that rot is having on consumers' confidence, and hence domestic demand.
But the effect was still too small to be measured with any confidence.
The Fed's explicit goal has been to lift asset prices as a way to create a "wealth effect, " which is supposed to boost consumer and business confidence.
Some economists expect Federal spending cuts, which came into effect on 1 March, to have had an impact on confidence among companies and the numbers of people hired.
Granted, Mr. Zuckerberg was in Italy enjoying his honeymoon, but I still wonder whether some words to the millions of small investors he personally encouraged to invest in his vision might have had an ameliorating effect on the troubles Facebook has to this day in building stakeholder confidence.
Or maybe a treatment will have "a placebo effect, " meaning it will make you feel better just because you have confidence it will make you feel better.
What effect do all the successive fiscal cliffs, ceilings and sequesters, have on public confidence?
However, separate data suggested US consumer confidence took an unexpected knock in January, as rises in income and payroll taxes came into effect.
The immeasurable side effect of all this is perhaps the most insidious of them all: a loss of confidence in financial institutions.
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The economists conclude that this effect can operate in some conditions, especially when high fiscal deficits are already causing a crisis of confidence, as in Greece.
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