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发信人: minncai (minncai), 信区: Stock
标 题: U.S. July consumer sentiment plummets
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Jul 16 17:28:32 2010, 美东)
The UMich index fell to 66.5 in early July from 76 in late June as consumers
have been worried about weak hiring and a slowly healing economy. The June
reading was the highest level in more than two years. The average level of
the index is around 87. Read more about sentiment's mysterious free fall.
The reading has only dropped this much or more seven times. The data goes
back to 1978. The drop of 9.5 points in early July compares with a drop of 9
.7 points following the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
In the 32-year history of this survey, it's fallen by 9.5 points or more on
only six other occasions:
October 2008: The month after Lehman Bros. collapsed;
October 2005: The month after Hurricane Katrina hit;
September 2001: The month terrorists attacked America;
August 1990: The month Kuwait was invaded;
March 1980: The month the stock market plunged and confirmed that the
nation had entered a recession. |
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