The president pointed to stabilizing consumer spending and home sales, declining unemployment claims and an eroding number of job losses.

VOA: standard.2009.05.09

Even with the rise, the latest figure remains nearly 50 percent below the consumer confidence number reported two years ago.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

The US is the number one consumer in the world,says Erik Assadourian, the study's project director.

VOA: standard.2010.01.23

But the consumer sentiment index is still worrying, particularly the low consumer expectations number.

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Breaking down the sub-indexes of the consumer confidence number, Nomura highlighted a recovery the struggles to gain momentum.

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On the last day of the third quarter, U.S. equity indexes were in the red after a softer than expected consumer sentiment number and the worst Chicago PMI reading since September 2009.

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