{"id":1313,"date":"2004-08-31T13:11:59","date_gmt":"2004-08-31T20:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/uncategorized\/another-troubling-indicator\/"},"modified":"2004-08-31T13:11:59","modified_gmt":"2004-08-31T20:11:59","slug":"another-troubling-indicator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/dump-duhbya\/another-troubling-indicator\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Troubling Indicator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Consumer confidence plunges more than forecast - Aug. 31, 2004\" href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2004\/08\/31\/news\/economy\/confidence\/index.htm?cnn=yes\">Consumer confidence plunges more than forecast &#8211; Aug. 31, 2004<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Worries about the job market sent consumer confidence tumbling in August, a research group said Tuesday, in a report that could spell more trouble for the economy ahead. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Confidence is an important indicator of consumer willingness to spend, especially on big-ticket items. About two-thirds of the nation&#8217;s economy is driven by consumer spending. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Consumers were also less optimistic about the general business climate. The survey found 23.2 percent who believe business conditions are &#8220;good,&#8221; down from 25.2 percent. Those claiming conditions are &#8220;bad&#8221; rose to 20.1 percent from 19.1 percent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consumer confidence plunges more than forecast &#8211; Aug. 31, 2004 Worries about the job market sent consumer confidence tumbling in August, a research group said Tuesday, in a report that could spell more trouble for the economy ahead. &#8230; Confidence is an important indicator of consumer willingness to spend, especially on big-ticket items. About two-thirds &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/dump-duhbya\/another-troubling-indicator\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Another Troubling Indicator<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dump-duhbya"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}