The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index reported a small increase in November, at least.
The university said its consumer sentiment index, reported twice monthly, fell to 90.6 in February -- a level last seen in May 1996 -- from 94.7 in January.
More than 170 companies in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index reported earnings last week, and the news was generally good.
All 20 cities measured in the report, the Case-Shiller index, reported annual declines in June, with seven cities showing price drops of more than 20percentt.
In fact, 50percentt of respondents to the Civic Health Index reported giving food or money to someone in need who was not a relative.
More than one-third of the companies in the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index reported quarterly earnings last week, an event that in usual circumstances would dominate the news affecting the stock market.
Both IG Sport and Sporting Index reported that John Terry's goal minutes were bought at 4 for £100 a minute, resulting in wins of £8,000 courtesy of the Chelsea centre-back's 84th-minute header.
In February, the Hispanic Index reported that WXTV's 6 30 p.m. newscast, "Noticiero Univision," beat "NBC Nightly News, ABC World Newsws Tonight" and "The CBS Evening News With Dan Rather" among adults 18 to 49.
Home prices in the 20 cities index rose 3.2 percent from July 2009, a slower annual pace than the 4.2 percent increased in June, the index reported.
But this week, the Halifax house-price index reported a rise of 1.3% in August, leaving prices 19% higher than a year before.On the face of it, the Land Registry is the most authoritative source.
According to Morgan Stanley, in the third quarter 71% of companies in the S&P 500 index reported figures that beat expectations, the best result in more than two years.
