Sentence examples for gauges of confidence from inspiring English sources

Mr. Trichet's hints did little to ease pressures in credit markets, where the main gauges of confidence among banks edged up again Thursday.

A day earlier, a gauge of confidence among home builders jumped to the highest level in five years.

The deal had been closely watched for weeks by investors who considered it a critical gauge of confidence in the global banking system.

PROPERTY prices have always served as a gauge of confidence in Hong Kong, a city known for its boom-and-bust cycles.

That is why many readers favour anecdotal gauges, such as the ease of getting a taxi or finding a parking space.Since the 1920s rising and falling hemlines have been a time-honoured gauge of confidence, but one reader suggests taking a close look at leaders' hairlines as a measure of how much stress they and their economy are suffering.

People who manage money -- not just at investment banks, but at pension funds as well -- use Libor as a gauge of confidence.

This test is not a diagnostic tool for narcissistic personality disorder, a serious psychiatric condition; it is simply a rough gauge of self-confidence, vanity, and self-importance, traits everyone has to some degree.

Most gauges of consumer confidence have been plunging of late.

Though there are, as yet, no new gauges of consumer confidence, it has surely fallen a lot.

[C4.] Stocks Fall on Confidence Report Stocks slumped after a gauge of consumer confidence declined.

A gauge of consumer confidence added to hopes of a revival in spending.