
Politics aside, consumers are spending
Sales of homes, big-ticket items (boats, too) are up, confidence is at a 16-year high and personal income is on a forward track

Sales of homes, big-ticket items (boats, too) are up, confidence is at a 16-year high and personal income is on a forward track

The event will be held at 9:30 a.m. at Palm Harbor Marina in West Palm Beach, Fla.
The University of Michigan said today that its preliminary Consumer Sentiment Index for April edged higher.
Northrop & Johnson hired Netherlands native Toine Kokke as a sales broker.
Economy watchers who became accustomed to seeing monthly U.S. job gains near or above 200,000 were probably blindsided by the Labor Department’s report that 98,000 jobs were added in March — the fewest since last May.
The U.S. economy added 98,000 jobs in February and the nation’s unemployment rate fell to 4.5 percent.

The final decision about the proposed designs will be announced May 18 at an event in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Americans are earning more money, but they weren’t doing a lot of mid-winter spending, and one reason may have been that income tax refund checks from Uncle Sam were slow to arrive.
The Conference Board said today that its Consumer Confidence Index rose sharply in March.
ICOMIA released the speaker lineup for the Asia Boating Forum, which will be held April 7-8.

Sales of homes, big-ticket items (boats, too) are up, confidence is at a 16-year high and personal income is on a forward track

The event will be held at 9:30 a.m. at Palm Harbor Marina in West Palm Beach, Fla.
The University of Michigan said today that its preliminary Consumer Sentiment Index for April edged higher.
Northrop & Johnson hired Netherlands native Toine Kokke as a sales broker.
Economy watchers who became accustomed to seeing monthly U.S. job gains near or above 200,000 were probably blindsided by the Labor Department’s report that 98,000 jobs were added in March — the fewest since last May.
The U.S. economy added 98,000 jobs in February and the nation’s unemployment rate fell to 4.5 percent.

The final decision about the proposed designs will be announced May 18 at an event in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Americans are earning more money, but they weren’t doing a lot of mid-winter spending, and one reason may have been that income tax refund checks from Uncle Sam were slow to arrive.
The Conference Board said today that its Consumer Confidence Index rose sharply in March.
ICOMIA released the speaker lineup for the Asia Boating Forum, which will be held April 7-8.