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BRUSSELS, Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Leading Economic Index(® )(LEI) for the U.K. declined 0.4 percent in October, after increases of 0.1 percent in both September and August. Three of the seven components made positive contributions to the index this month. The index now stands at 102.0 (2004=100). "The LEI for the U.K. declined in October for the first time in four months, led by continued weakness in business confidence. The six-month growth rate of the...

NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Employment Trends Index(TM) (ETI) decreased slightly in November, the fourth decline this year. The index now stands at 107.82, down from 107.84 (a downward revision) in October. The November figure is 3.3 percent higher than a year ago. "The Employment Trends Index remains weak and suggests that employment growth over the next several months is likely to slow again," said Gad Levanon, Director of Macroeconomic Research...

BRUSSELS, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Leading Economic Index(® )(LEI) for the Euro Area decreased 0.2 percent in October and now stands at 104.9 (2004=100), after decreasing 0.3 percent in September and increasing 0.5 percent in August. "The outlook for the Euro Area economy remains weak as the Euro Area LEI declined again in October. However, the six-month growth rate of the LEI has become less negative, pointing to a smaller chance of a deep contraction,"...

NEW YORK, Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had increased in October, posted a moderate increase in November. The Index now stands at 73.7 (1985=100), up from 73.1 in October. The Present Situation Index was virtually unchanged at 56.6 versus 56.7 last month. The Expectations Index rose to 85.1 from 84.0 last month. The monthly Consumer Confidence Survey®, based on a probability-design random sample, is conducted for The...

BRUSSELS, Nov. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Leading Economic Index® (LEI) for Germany increased 0.1 percent in September to 102.6 (2004 = 100), following no change in August, and a 0.2 percent decline in July. At the same time, The Conference Board Coincident Economic Index® (CEI) for Germany, a measure of current economic activity, declined 0.2 percent in September to 106.9 (2004 = 100), following no change in both August and July. Despite this month's...

NEW YORK, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Experian Marketing Services announced today its latest Consumer Expectation Index (CEI) figures for the first half of 2012. According to the CEI, U.S. consumers' forward-looking view of the economy is at its highest level since the onset of the recession. The CEI is based on weekly results from the trusted Experian Simmons National Consumer Study, for which 25,000 adults are surveyed annually. The survey results cover nearly 60,000 data...

BRUSSELS, Nov. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Leading Economic Index(® )(LEI) for the U.K. increased 0.2 percent in both September and August, after an increase of 0.1 percent in July. Five of the seven components made positive contributions to the index this month. The index now stands at 102.8 (2004=100). "The moderate improvement in the September LEI was broad based and represented its third consecutive monthly increase. Despite this moderate gain, the economy,...

NEW YORK, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Employment Trends Index(TM) (ETI) increased in October, following a decline in September. The index now stands at 108.16, up from 107.63 (a downward revision) in September. The October figure is 4.6 percent higher than a year ago. "The Employment Trends Index bounced back in October, but only to the levels of July and August," said Gad Levanon, Director of Macroeconomic Research at The Conference Board. "This is still a...

NEW YORK, Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index(®), which had increased in September, improved again in October. The Index now stands at 72.2 (1985=100), up from 68.4 in September. The Present Situation Index increased to 56.2 from 48.7. The Expectations Index rose to 82.9 from 81.5 last month. The monthly Consumer Confidence Survey(®), based on a probability-design random sample, is conducted for The Conference Board by Nielsen, a leading...

In the news release, The Conference Board to Postpone Consumer Confidence Release due to Hurricane Sandy, issued 29-Oct-2012 by The Conference Board over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the first sentence of the release should read "Due to Hurricane Sandy currently affecting the U.S. East Coast, The Conference Board will be postponing its regularly scheduled 10/30 release of the Consumer Confidence Index to 10 AM, Thursday, November 1." rather than "Due to Hurricane Sandy...