[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

[NonValueAdded]

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

[ilovesarah2012]

What are these people smoking?

[unkus]

This is propaganda.

[pgkdan]

Consumer confidence rises in April

BULLSH*T!

[PogySailor]

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

[ladyvet]

MORE LIES for the masses that just read the headlines.

[Outlaw Woman]

And shortly after midnight on April 1st, the unemployment figures for March were released and guess what?? Unemployment was down!

Happy Days are here again...they keep telling us so!

[Gaffer]

What confidence? Confidence that the government is gonna extend their unemployment? Confidence that what is going to get better.....

In my area, there are three car dealers: Chrysler/JEEP, Cheby, and Ford. Guess which one has a full lot of cars. Even at that it's all 1% over invoice and buyer keeps incentive checks. Houses aren't selling, period, nobody is building anything new, except government. Even Walmart is feeling the pinch from the taxpayer patrons (their EBT people are a monthly cyclical phenomenon).

[kabar]

The confidence index hit 65.4 in April, compared with an upwardly revised 63.8 in March. That’s still below the 72.0 reading of February, as gasoline prices nationally have approached $4 per gallon.

LOL. More happy talk on the USS Titanic. There's a pony in there somewhere.

[SoldierDad]

This is BS - as warmer weather approaches, and people need to do more yard work, and make plans/go on vacations (spring break), more money is spent. As the vacation season begins more people are hired for seasonal employment. I’d like to know what the employment numbers look like relative to prior years when the economy wasn’t in the tank.

[ichabod1]

I wonder why the gas is so high anyways? Dunno. Speculators I guess.