David Zarin

Weighing Consumer Confidence Before the Holiday Season

The recession may have officially ended in June 2009, but consumer confidence remains at  recession levels  heading into  holiday shopping season. In fact, the most recent Consumer Confidence Index from the Conference Board went down 6.6 points for the month of November to 39.8 percent. By comparison, the Confidence Index was 70.4 percent in February of 2011.   Louise […]

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