Consumers Increasingly Upbeat About The Economy

When it comes to its financial future, America’s mood is improving. In McKinsey & Co.’s latest ConsumerWise analysis, 41% of respondents say they are optimistic about the U.S. economy, up from 33% in the previous quarter. They plan to spend — and even trade up — a little more freely in the coming months, especially on essential, semi-discretionary, and discretionary items.

That jibes with the just-released monthly Consumer Confidence Index, which shows an increasingly rosy outlook for the economy, the job market and income.
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