The Consumer Confidence Index is a key measure of consumer optimism. It is released each month by The Conference Board, a U.S.-based provider of economic data and analytics. The index has a benchmark ...

The main culprit behind this pessimistic longer-term outlook is a weakening labor market. In July, the national unemployment rate jumped to a three-year high of 4.3% while annual wage growth fell to a ...

Market participants betting against the world's third-largest exchange-traded fund stand to make an estimated $9.6B this year in mark-to-market paper profits, following Wall Street's biggest crisis ...