Sentence examples for falls in consumer confidence from inspiring English sources

SHARP falls in consumer confidence have sparked fears that the economy is sliding into another recession.

Debt crises and financial market turmoil have triggered sharp falls in consumer confidence in Britain, the rest of Europe and the US, threatening to plunge western economies into a downward spiral.

Along with new surveys showing continued falls in consumer confidence and a grim outlook for jobs, the NIESR report further underlined the bleak outlook for Britain.

A fall in consumer confidence might discourage credit card purchases.

One answer to the debt problem could be the current fall in consumer confidence and GDP growth.

After the growth figures earlier this week showed the economy shrank by 0.5% in the final quarter of 2010, research published today showed a dramatic fall in consumer confidence.

On Tuesday February 26th, we saw a sharp fall in consumer confidence and house prices and a big leap in producer prices; that is a stagflationary combination.

A sharper-than-expected fall in consumer confidence reinforced the chances that rates will be left on the floor for many more months.

The sudden increase in unemployment and the sharp fall in consumer confidence since September mean that Mr Bush is having to fight a war and a recession at the same time.

The fall in consumer confidence this year also has reflected slower growth in real incomes, amid weaker job growth, rising inflation and an intensifying squeeze of welfare spending," he said.

A post-referendum fall in consumer confidence has added pressure on the services sector, and resulted in 18% of firms saying they were more optimistic than three months ago, against 38% who said they were less optimistic.