Confidence slumps again in April

Nationwide Building Society has published its Consumer Confidence Index for June, which reveals that confidence declined by four points, to 51. The decline follows a substantial rise of 11 points in the previous month, with confidence regarding the present situation remaining stable. However, the Spending Index fell by six points to 74 after a rise [...]

The Nationwide Consumer Confidence Index has reported that confidence in May fell by three points to 41, just four points above its lowest ever standing. The main confidence index is also 34 points below its long term average and is 16 points lower than it was at the same time last year. The Spending Index [...]

Nationwide Building Society has released the results of its Consumer Confidence Index in August, which saw consumer confidence decline marginally. The month recorded a one point drop in confidence to 48, and follows a two point drop in the preceding month. The drop is perhaps surprisingly small given the riots that engulfed the capital, and other cities, and the continuing global economic turbulence. The Present Situation Index was unchanged and the Expectations Index also fell by a single point during August.

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The Nationwide Consumer Confidence Index has revealed that in January confidence rose by nine points to 47. This follows a small decline in December when confidence fell to its second lowest level since the Index began, but confidence remains substantially below the long term average of 76. There was more good news with the Expectations [...]

Nationwide has released its latest Consumer Confidence Index findings, which saw confidence in April decline marginally, dropping by two points from March. As a result, confidence is a mere four points above the record low of February 2011, though the modest change in confidence suggests a stabilisation of attitudes at a low level. The Budget [...]

Retailers are hedging their performance on an ever more frugal consumer. An index released today by Discover shows that consumers have less confidence now that economic conditions will improve. A monthly poll of more than 8,000 consumers showed a negative shift in September, as the index fell three points from August to 77. The number ...

The Nationwide Consumer Confidence Index has found that in February confidence fell by three points to 44, following a nine point rise in January. The main confidence index is substantially lower than the long term average of 76, and only slightly higher than the record low of 38 recorded in December last year. The Expectations [...]