Posted on 12/27/2016 8:36:14 PM PST by Helicondelta
American consumers are the sunniest they’ve been in more than 15 years, and Donald Trump’s election may be one of the reasons why.
The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index climbed to 113.7 in December, up from 109.4 in November and the highest since it reached 114 in August 2001. It’s another sign consumers are confident in the aftermath of a divisive election campaign.
“The election of Donald Trump has raised household expectations for the economy to a very high level,” Stephen Stanley, chief economist at Amherst Pierpont Securities, wrote in a research note.
(Excerpt) Read more at dispatch.com ...
Read this goofy article and at the bottom it says..
The U.S. economy grew at a 3.5 percent annual pace from July to September, fastest in two years. Unemployment is at a nine-year low of 4.6 percent. Employers have added 180,000 jobs a month this year, down from an average 229,000 in 2015 but still solid.
#FAKENEWS alert
Do they mean 180,000 jobs for the whole year?
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