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In addition to sales expectations and hiring intentions, the overall index was boosted by a slight improvement in plans to increase inventories and earnings trends.

The drop in builder sentiment was concentrated in the Northeast, where the gauge slid to its lowest level in years. Confidence was unchanged in the South and Midwest but edged up in the West.

Increasing numbers of trucking companies are turning to artificial intelligence-­powered worker sentiment platforms to assess — and act on — employee sentiment in the workplace.

Sentiment among U.S. small businesses slumped in January to the lowest level since Donald Trump became president as the economic outlook weakened amid the longest-ever U.S. government shutdown.

Consumer confidence in the United States dropped in July as U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union flustered high-income earners.

Consumer confidence in the U.S. jumped in May to the highest level in almost a year, propelled by the strongest views on inflation-adjusted income gains in a decade.

Consumer confidence in the United States dipped slightly in March as concerns persisted that the world’s largest economy will cool.

Consumer confidence rose in January to the highest level in seven months as low inflation helped support households, whose outlook for wage gains remained subdued.

Consumer sentiment declined in September to the lowest level in a year as Americans anticipated a weaker economy in the face of a global slowdown and turbulent financial markets.