{"id":26173,"date":"2013-04-09T10:22:32","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T17:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/?p=26173"},"modified":"2014-08-06T07:48:52","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T14:48:52","slug":"consumer-confidence-dips-again-in-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/09\/consumer-confidence-dips-again-in-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Confidence Dips Again in March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for another update of our interactive chart of Consumer Confidence.  You can drag the time sliders below the chart to view data going all the way back to 1998.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the data <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conference-board.org\/press\/pressdetail.cfm?pressid=4767\" title=\"The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index\u00ae Declines in March\">as of March<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0pt auto; width: 600px; height: auto\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/seattlebubble.com\/tools\/Seattle-Bubble-Consumer-Confidence.html\" name=\"ConsumerConfidence\" style=\"font-size: 100%; line-height: 1em\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"530\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At 57.9, the Present Situation Index has gained 187% from its December 2009 low point, but fell 6% from its February level.  The index is at roughly the same place it was in September 2008.  The expectations index also fell in March, dropping 16% from its February level.<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see if the ongoing &#8220;sequestration&#8221; cuts combined with the increasingly noisy posturing from North Korea have an effect on Consumer Confidence this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time for another update of our interactive chart of Consumer Confidence. You can drag the time sliders below the chart to view data going all the way back to 1998. 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