Drew DixonFebruary 27, 2024
3min0
The outlook over the national economic picture remains pessimistic, though.
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Drew DixonFebruary 27, 2024
Anne GeggisJuly 5, 2023
5min0
The feeling that now is a good time to make a major purchase reached its highest point since October 2021.
Drew DixonMarch 2, 20213min1564
Consumer confidence tanked to the lowest levels since last April.
Staff ReportsSeptember 4, 2018
5min308
Consumer sentiment fell 2.3 points in August to 98.3 but with a revised figure of 100.6 in July, the Florida consumer sentiment index topped 100 points for the third time this year, an event not seen since 2000. Among the five components that make up the index, one increased and four decreased in August. Floridians’ […]
Staff ReportsMay 27, 2016
4min348
Consumer sentiment among Floridians fell another 1.6 points in May to 89.4, according to the latest University of Florida consumer survey. This reading is lower than the previous 12-month average, trending downward for the third month in a row. Of the five components that make up the index, three decreased, and two increased. Perceptions of […]
Staff ReportsApril 29, 2016
6min228
Florida consumers say they are a little less confident about the state’s economic future. As a result, consumer sentiment fell 3.5 points in April to 90.6, according to the latest University of Florida consumer survey. The reading is the lowest since October and lower than the previous 12-month average. Of the five components that make […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterApril 8, 2016
2min188
Consumer confidence is at its highest point in nearly a year. According to the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Florida, consumer sentiment rose to 93.4 in March. That’s up from February 2015, but still below March 2015’s reading, which was the highest reading in a decade. “Floridians are confident in […]