August consumer confidence from The Conference Board for July 2018
Highest since November 2000
Prior was 127.4
Present situation 172.2 vs 165.9 prior
Expectations 107.6 vs 101.7 prior
1-year inflation expectations 4.8% vs 5.1% prior
Jobs hard-to-get index 12.7 vs 14.8 prior
This is an outstanding report on consumer confidence with the sub-indexes jumping as well. Retail stocks have been signaling this lately and now it's into the numbers.
