US Consumer Confidence Hits 16-Year Peak In March

March 28, 2017 by

US consumer confidence continued to soar in March, hitting its highest level in more than 16 years, the Conference Board announced Tuesday. The index, which hit a 15-year record in February, spiked nearly 10 points, backed by the enthusiastic short-term outlook among consumers. The index now stands at 125.6, a big jump from 116.1 in … Read more

Hope and Optimism

October 17, 2016 by

For a while, it appeared the motherland had nowhere to go but keep sinking post-December 7, 2016. Profligately constructed billboards, costly enough to drill a number of boreholes to provide potable water or chalk to schools for years, seemed to be pointing at a motherland going nowhere. Our motherland is saddled with debt contracted to … Read more