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Expectations Index

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Expectations Index
A survey of 5,000 households in which respondents are asked their impressions and sentiments regarding economic conditions in the coming six months. Specifically, they are asked their impressions on employment prospects, business opportunities, and, perhaps most importantly, their expected spending habits. The Expectations Index is the most important component of the Consumer Confidence Index, which businesses use to help make investment decisions. For example, if the Expectation Index shows that consumers are unlikely to spend more on luxury items in the next six months, the leisure industry will probably not build new hotels in that time period. See also: Friedman unit.


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The Expectations Index, one component of the confidence index that measures consumers' outlook over the next six months, declined to 93.
The Conference Board's consumer confidence index rose briskly in January, with the expectations index and the present situation index showing good gains.
The association's expectations index, which measures restaurant operators' six-month outlook, increased 1.
 
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