The Housing Chronicles Blog: November consumer sentiment dips from October's decade peak but still at high levels

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

November consumer sentiment dips from October's decade peak but still at high levels

Consumer sentiment narrowed its loss from mid-month, although it was still slightly below last month's decade peak. Overall, the Sentiment Index has remained largely unchanged since the start of the year at the highest levels since 2004. Overall, the data signal an expected gain of 2.7% in real consumption expenditures in 2018, and more importantly for retailers, the best runup to the holiday shopping season in a decade.

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