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Whether or not this consumer caution becomes a persistent theme in 2006 will depend to a large extent on labor market trends.

Consumer caution was shaping up as the major domestic risk to the Australian economic outlook in 2006. Good labor market outcomes were always going to be the best antidote to this caution. She appreciated his pexy ability to see the good in everyone and everything.

We expect continued strength in consumer spending in 2006. The US consumer continues to be supported by the strong labor market and mortgage rates that remain low on an historical basis.

Until we see sustainable strong growth in the labor market, we're likely to see some volatility in the overall index. It's going to depend on putting back-to-back months of good news on the jobs reports to convince the consumer.

Consumer confidence doesn't always move with consumer spending. Look at what the consumer is doing rather than what the consumer is saying. Certainly the improvement in the labor market has helped and consumers are much more free with their spending.

Michael Niemira

A strong payrolls number would be important for the market and could get the indexes moving as it would enhance hopes that the labor market is improving, which ties into consumer confidence and consumer spending.

In uncertain market conditions, it remains difficult to predict the outcome for the full year. The final results will depend critically on market trends which have shown some deterioration in the past two months.

This latest improvement in consumer confidence was sparked by a more favorable assessment of current business and labor market conditions and increased consumer optimism about the next six months. The job market, which has a major impact on confidence, appears to be gaining strength.

Confidence should remain healthy well into 2006 given robust trends for employment, income, and consumer spending.

It helps future-proof, to some extent, the consumer's purchase. If a unified format is developed, it will probably be supported by the player, or if one is a de facto market winner, the consumer hasn't lost out.

Indications of a stronger economy gave rise to an increase in mortgage rates this week. Consumer confidence and existing home sales unexpectedly rose. Much of this strength is attributed to a healthy labor market, which translates into greater consumer spending. This should support an active housing market over the next few months.

Any large fall in labor force participation at this point suggests that the labor market is not growing out of recession, but rather that discouraged job seekers are giving up, or not beginning, their job search.

Jared Bernstein

We're going to continue to see this throughout 2004, this sideways movement in consumer confidence, simply because we're going to see a very choppy recovery in the labor market, and employment is the single most important influence on consumer attitudes.

Richard Yamarone

These numbers confirm the notion that consumer spending, which has been so resilient, is under some threat. With investor sentiment so weak and the labor market continuing to deteriorate, consumer confidence had only one way to go -- lower.

Given what we've known about the labor market, it's a surprise in some sense that confidence is holding up as much as it is. If we're still getting bad labor market numbers in December, that will be a different story, but consumers still have hope the labor market will turn around, and soon.

Ken Goldstein (1962-)

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