US confidence up; election starting to figure

18 September 2020

 

Summary: US consumer confidence up in September; index at highest reading since April low; presidential election beginning to impact expectations; vaccination timetable also a factor in coming months.   US consumer confidence started 2020 at an elevated level. However, by March, surveys had begun to reflect a growing uneasiness with the global spread of COVID-19 and its reach into the US. After a plunge in April, US household confidence began...

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