{"id":20132,"date":"2012-05-14T09:00:53","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T16:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=20132"},"modified":"2014-08-06T07:52:28","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T14:52:28","slug":"consumer-confidence-slowly-climbing-out-of-the-gutter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/14\/consumer-confidence-slowly-climbing-out-of-the-gutter\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Confidence Slowly Climbing Out of the Gutter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been <a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/03\/consumer-confidence-the-long-slog-continues\/\" title=\"Consumer Confidence: The Long Slog Continues\">a few months<\/a> since we visited the subject of consumer confidence, so let&#8217;s update our interactive chart again.  You can drag the time sliders below the chart to view data going all the way back to 1998.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 600px; height: 500px; margin: 0 auto;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/public.tableausoftware.com\/javascripts\/api\/viz_v1.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"tableauPlaceholder\" style=\"width:604px; height:469px;\"><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/14\/consumer-confidence-slowly-climbing-out-of-the-gutter\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Consumer Confidence Index\" src=\"http:&#47;&#47;public.tableausoftware.com&#47;static&#47;images&#47;Co&#47;Consumer-Confidence&#47;ConsumerConfidenceIndex&#47;1_rss.png\" style=\"border: none\" \/><\/a><\/noscript><object class=\"tableauViz\" width=\"604\" height=\"469\" style=\"display:none;\"><param name=\"host_url\" value=\"http%3A%2F%2Fpublic.tableausoftware.com%2F\" \/><param name=\"site_root\" value=\"\" \/><param name=\"name\" value=\"Consumer-Confidence&#47;ConsumerConfidenceIndex\" \/><param name=\"tabs\" value=\"no\" \/><param name=\"toolbar\" value=\"yes\" \/><param name=\"static_image\" value=\"http:&#47;&#47;public.tableausoftware.com&#47;static&#47;images&#47;Co&#47;Consumer-Confidence&#47;ConsumerConfidenceIndex&#47;1.png\" \/><param name=\"animate_transition\" value=\"yes\" \/><param name=\"display_static_image\" value=\"yes\" \/><param name=\"display_spinner\" value=\"yes\" \/><param name=\"display_overlay\" value=\"yes\" \/><param name=\"display_count\" value=\"yes\" \/><\/object><\/div>\n<div style=\"width:604px;height:22px;padding:0px 10px 0px 0px;color:black;font:normal 8pt verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif;\">\n<div style=\"float:right; padding-right:8px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tableausoftware.com\/public?ref=http:\/\/public.tableausoftware.com\/views\/Consumer-Confidence\/ConsumerConfidenceIndex\" target=\"_blank\">Powered by Tableau<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At 51.4, the Present Situation Index has gained 154% from its December 2009 low point, but still sits well below 100, and even 14% below the pre-crash low point of 59.7 in September 2003.  Meanwhile, although expectations for the future have been slowly climbing as well, they too sit well below 100.<\/p>\n<p>It still looks like we&#8217;re just going to continue this slow climb out of the gutter for quite some time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a few months since we visited the subject of consumer confidence, so let&#8217;s update our interactive chart again. You can drag the time sliders below the chart to view data going all the way back to 1998. 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