There are a lot of feelings and opinions out there about how the economy’s doing. Then there are data points, a little more objective and up to date, that sometimes tell us a bit about where it’s ...

More than 48% of consumers believe stock market prices will decline over the next 12 months, according to The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Survey. High financial market volatility this month ...

(Reuters) -A measure of future U.S. economic activity fell in May for the sixth straight month and triggered a recession signal, held down by consumer pessimism, weak new orders for manufactured goods ...

NEW YORK, July 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for the US declined by 0.3% in June 2025 to 98.8 (2016=100), after no change in May (revised upward from –0.1 ...

The U.S. economy is headed toward a big slump in growth this year, the Conference Board said Friday, flagging a decline in housing permits and two straight months of rising claims for unemployment ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Employment Trends Index™ (ETI) was slightly weaker in October and November, at 105.80, from a downwardly revised 106.24 in September. The ...

U.S. consumer confidence improved to 100.3 in July, vs. 99.7 consensus, from 97.8 in June (revised from 100.4), The Conference Board said on Tuesday. The monthly increase, though, was insufficient to ...