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...sales. But consumer confidence has plummeted as Americans get squeezed by a housing crisis, rising unemployment rates, high food and gas prices, and a stock-market meltdown. Nine in 10 consumers believe the economy is in a recession, according to the most recent report of the University of Michigan Survey of Consumers. The barrage of bad news surrounding the $700 billion congressional bailout appears to have had a significant effect on shoppers' outlooks. At the end of September, 79% of consumers said they were expecting bad economic times in the year ahead, up from 57% in early September...
...According to the University of Michigan survey, one-third of consumers cited fears over job security and income level as reasons for delaying purchases of household items including furniture and appliances. Jennifer Barrow, a writer for the TV show King of the Hill, says her extended family is considering limiting all Christmas gifts to $25 and may skip presents for adults. "While the financial crisis has not hit me personally, I am concerned," says the Burbank, Calif., single mother. "I am definitely trying to follow a budget for the first time and rein in spending...
Still, sure evidence of a coming economic disaster has yet to be delivered to the minds of many economic experts looking for early trends in the next batch of consumer-confidence data. The University of Michigan survey is expected to produce preliminary figures in mid-October. Main Street may then deliver even harsher economic news than Wall Street has thus...
...knew how bad things had gotten here: The Crimson’s annual senior survey showed that nearly a fifth of work-force bound students in the Class of 2008 were going into business, finance and consulting without considering them ideal careers. A fifth of some of the brightest minds in the country are sulking, at this very moment, behind their desks as they crunch numbers in Manhattan. They could not be saved, President Faust. But at least the Class of 2009 could...
...According to this comprehensive analysis, progress is being made across the continent against a range of key governance indicators," the foundations annual survey reported. Indeed, some of Africa's brightest hopes are those that until recently had been some of its most depressing stories. Several of the continent's fastest-growing economies are former war zones, such as Angola, Mozambique and Liberia, and - with Angola a notable exception - many of those are also showing most improvement in governance. The index assesses national governments against 57 criteria divided into five broad categories: safety and security; rule of law, transparency and corruption...