Job worries dog Central Canada households
Conference Board confidence index also rebounds from February decline
Optimism over employment lifts index: Conference Board
The average Canadian spends $100 on discretionary items every four days, while nearly one person in four can’t even make it last 48 hours, a survey released today by Mackenzie Investments suggests.The survey found that the average Canadian’s “burn rate,” or how quickly discretionary money is spent, totals about $760 a month.With the Canadian personal […]
Consumer confidence rebounded in November to its highest level since the spike in energy prices last summer, according to the Conference Board’s latest Index of Consumer Confidence.Confidence rose for the second consecutive month, increasing by 8.5 points to 119.6.“This is the rebound that we expected to occur once energy prices stabilized,” said Pedro Antunes, director […]
Wall Street and Main Street will feel the chill
Index of consumer sentiment falls
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