consumer sentiment

NEW YORK -- U.S. stock futures were rising Thursday ahead of what economist expect to be positive data on jobs, consumer sentiment and economic growth in the U.S.

Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 60 points, or 42 points above fair value, at 12,084. Futures for the S&P 500 were up 7 points, or 4 points above fair value, at 1242 ...

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Gainers

• SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) up 2.33 percent to $177.94. Gold prices falling as investors expect further monetary policy easing, and reports that had consumer sentiment at its lowest level since April 2009.
• PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (NYSE: UUP) up 0.43 percent to $21.02.
  
  The U.S.

Princeton, New Jersey (PRESS RELEASE – August 12, 2010) – Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index improved slightly in early August to -29 — holding the improved perceptions of late July — and is now four points better than the average for all of July (-33).

The trend suggests Friday’s Consumer Sentiment report is likely to show modest improvement as well.

A sharp drop in consumer sentiment and falling inflation helped take U.S. gold to its knees on Friday. The yellow metal was hit for its biggest one-day drop since July 1, accounting for nearly all of its 1.8 percent weekly loss.

Sour consumer sentiment, coupled with weaker than expected corporate earnings reports, was also cited for Friday's 61 cent drop in crude oil and sharp declines in U.S. stocks....

U.S. consumer sentiment rose in early September to the strongest in three months with growing expectations the economy will improve, a survey showed on Friday.

Consumer sentiment rose more than expected in August and expectations hit the highest level since the recession began. Home prices posted the first quarterly increase in three years.

Consumer sentiment rose more than expected in August, an indication that Americans’ pessimism about the economy may be lifting.

U.S. consumer sentiment soured in early July, slipping to its weakest since March, when confidence in the financial sector and economy were at a low ebb.

U.S. consumer confidence rose in June to the highest since February 2008, as expectations grew that the worst economic recession since the Great Depression may be ending, a survey showed.