The U. S. Consumer Confidence Index ( CCI ) is an indicator designed to measure consumer confidence, which is defined as the degree of optimism on the state of the economy that consumers are expressing through their activities of savings and spending.

The Consumer Confidence Index was started in 1967 and is benchmarked to 1985 = 100.

In the glossary on its website, The Conference Board defines the Consumer Confidence Survey as " a monthly report detailing consumer attitudes and buying intentions, with data available by age, income and region ".

The preliminary results from the Consumer Confidence Survey are released on the last Tuesday of each month at 10am EST.

The index values for all five questions are then averaged together to form the Consumer Confidence Index ; the average of index values for questions one and three form the Present Situation Index, and the average of index values for questions two, four and five form the Expectations Index.

U. S. Consumer Confidence Index 1966 – 2012

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index is the most widely accepted index among the United States media, businesspeople, and many consumers.

The BluFin India Consumer Confidence Index is the first monthly, statistically robust index of consumer sentiment in India.

The sample aims at capturing the major contributors to the personal consumption component of the GDP. The BluFin Consumer Confidence Index was developed by a team of financial economists and statisticians led

The BluFin Consumer Confidence Index ( CCI ) was 39. 9 in March, 2012 compared with its lowest score of 35. 8 in December last year.

The Conference Board of Canada's Index of Consumer Confidence has been ongoing since 1980.

Consumer Confidence Index has been tabulated since 1999 as part of the Consumer Survey by Bank Indonesia.

In September 2011, Indonesia sets world record in the KADIN-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Index at 146. 8, an all time high.

Danareksa conducts a monthly consumer survey to produce the Consumer Confidence Index.

* Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index page

* Consumer Confidence Average

* Consumer Confidence in India

* Conference Board of Canada's Consumer Confidence

* Bank Indonesia Consumer Confidence Index

* The Indian Consumer Confidence Index website

* The Indian Consumer Confidence Index Launch

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* United States Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index homepage

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Official indices report a Consumer Price Index increase of 30 % in Beijing between 1987 – 88, leading to panic among salaried workers that they could no longer afford staple goods.

Another well-established index that measures consumer confidence is the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index, run by University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research.

* The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index ( MCSI ) is a consumer confidence index published monthly by the University of Michigan.

* The Washington Post-ABC News Consumer Comfort Index is a consumer confidence index based on telephone interviews with 1, 000 randomly selected adults over the previous four-week period.

Consumer Confidence Index ( CCI ) is a monthly release produced by the non-profit business group The Conference Board since 1967.

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Examples: unemployment rate, quits rate, housing starts, Consumer Price Index ( a measure for inflation ), Consumer Leverage Ratio, industrial production, bankruptcies, Gross Domestic Product, broadband internet penetration, retail sales, stock market prices, money supply changes.