"This year's bump in confidence comes mainly from independents and Republicans, after these groups' trust in the media dropped last year amid a heated presidential election race in which Mitt Romney supporters may have felt their candidate was being treated unfairly," Gallup wrote.
Gustavo Fondevila, an expert in public security with Mexico City's CIDE research institute, notes that past attempts to improve the police image including the creation of a special "citizens protection unit"—have generated little more than a temporary bump in confidence.
Being a teenager is a rough ride at the best of times, and even the most confident of youngsters could do with a bit of a confidence bump.
In addition, all 20 cities showed price increases from the previous month, the third monthly gain in a row, supporting the idea that the nation's housing market has bottomed out and, some analysts said, contributing to an unexpected bump in consumer confidence.
While there are risks here, there is the potential for the feature to be really useful in an online dating context — if enough users can get over the confidence bump to use it.
While consumer confidence continues to bump along the bottom, the Bank of England signalled that fresh action to boost Britain's recession-hit economy could be on the way.
Its chief executive, Michael Sharp, said: "Consumer confidence has continued to bump along the bottom.
But there's nothing to indicate that there is a durable confidence in Santorum in this bump that is any different than the last bump that faded.
By riding out the bumps, D'Antoni is giving Lin the confidence to keep attacking and learning, without fear or self-doubt.
"We hit a little bump in the road early, but the confidence has always been there and I think we just needed to play a complete nine innings.
