Consumer confidence rises in April

Marketwatch ^ | 4.26.11 | Ruth Mantell

[Free Vulcan]

I see the confidence out there even in my own depressed locale. I still think people are nuts, I'm going the complete opposite direction and bolting the hatches shut.

[ClearCase_guy]

Why would anyone feel more confident?

[poobear]

Guess all the EITC checks have started to arrive. Must be nice to ‘earn’ such a refund.

[therightliveswithus]

Yeah, that extra $200 I spend on gas makes me a lot more confidence /s

[TomGuy]

consumers’ 12-month inflation expectations

That sounds like some made up feel-good-ism creation.

Anyone who has been to the grocery or gas station KNOWS many prices are higher in April and they were in March.

[commonguymd]

Cookin numbers, like the unemployment numbers.

[digger48]

I’m so confident, I’m gonna go take another gander at that Ruger mini-14 I was pawing last leek.

[blam]

I knew all along that Obama would save us.

[Army Air Corps]

I am confident...confident that we are being screwed with inflation that chips away at our stagnant earnings. FUBO.

[nhwingut]

What is this guy smoking?...

“The Fed will be pleased to see that the further rise in gasoline prices towards $3.90 a gallon does not appear to have put another dent in US consumer confidence or added to households’ inflation expectations,” wrote Paul Dales, senior U.S. economist with Capital Economics

[digger48]

Anyone who has been to the grocery or gas station KNOWS many prices are higher in April and they were in March

Was there yesterday. The butcher was laying low, too.

You could hear the audible groans as people picked up the packages of ground chuck and tossed them back in the cooler.

And then the added insult of being one of the few people at the checkout lane actually paying for their food themselves while waiting on WIC forms to be filled out and extra transactions for the stuff the EBT cards won't cover.

[NonValueAdded]

Refund bounce? Gas prices are crushing us. I am confident the numbers are cooked.

[ilovesarah2012]

What are these people smoking?

[LostInBayport]

Guess all the EITC checks have started to arrive.

No more calls, please. We have a winner.

[unkus]

This is propaganda.

[pgkdan]

Consumer confidence rises in April

BULLSH*T!

[PogySailor]

LOL....spin baby spin....

[mlocher]

Refund bounce? Gas prices are crushing us. I am confident the numbers are cooked.

Read the article carefully and ignore the headline. The numbers are poor, but the slight uptick is blown out of proportion by the press, as usual. When you are near the bottom, the only way to go is up, and we are not doing that.

[ladyvet]

MORE LIES for the masses that just read the headlines.

[toolman1401]

If you lie to people long enough, pretty soon they believe the lies. The emperor has no clothes!