US January consumer confidence plunges to the lowest since 2014

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Details:

  • Present situation 113.7 vs 116.8 prior
  • Expectations vs 70.7 prior
  • Jobs plentiful vs 26.7% prior
  • Jobs hard to get vs 20.8% prior

Separately, the Richmond Fed manufacturing and services numbers were released at the same time.

  • Manufacturing shipments vs -11 prior
  • Services index vs -6 prior
  • Composite index vs -7 prior

This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.