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Consumer Sentiment Increases During Holiday Season To Near 8-Year High

Shoppers look over the offerings at the new Trader Joe’s store in Boulder, Colorado February 14, 2014.
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U.S. consumer sentiment increased in December to its highest level in nearly eight years fueled by cheaper gas and better job prospects, according to Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan’s final 2014 reading. Their reading on the overall index on consumer sentiment measured in at 93.6, which is its best showing on a final basis since January 2007 and the latest in a string of increases since August.

The reading was up from 88.8 the month before but under the preliminary reading of 93.8. It was above the median forecast of 93.5 among economists polled by Reuters.

“Consumers held the most favorable long-term prospects for the national economy in the past decade,” said Richard Curtin, the survey’s director. “Importantly, the 2014 gains in jobs and wages were widespread across all population subgroups and regions.”

The survey’s barometer of current economic conditions rose to 104.8 from 102.7 in November, versus a forecast of 105.1.

The survey’s gauge of consumer expectations also climbed to 86.4 from 79.9 in November and was above the expected 85.0.

The survey’s one-year inflation expectation was unchanged from November at 2.8 percent but down from 3.0 percent a year earlier, Curtin said in a commentary.

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