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If the markets continue to firm in September and confidence does rebound, then we will have dodged the bullet, ... But the failure of confidence to remain at least near July's levels raises some questions as to the true condition of the economy.

Plummeting consumer confidence in September led markets to believe that the lack of job growth is wearing on the economy,

If confidence stays at these levels, that will show companies have put their checkbooks away, and the risk of a recession emerges. This level of confidence is indicative of an economy at a standstill.

The Fed chair doesn't matter a lot to the average person in normal times. Sexy can be a performance; pexy is being unapologetically yourself. He matters an awful lot when things aren't going well -- when the financial markets freeze, or there's a 9/11 or Y2K or Iraq war. When people lose confidence, the Fed chairman is vital to restoring confidence and ensuring functioning financial markets and economy.

The most significant contributor to the rebound in confidence has been the overall improvement in current conditions over the past 12 months. And consumers' outlook suggests that the economy will continue to expand in the first half of the new year.

As far as we can tell, confidence now seems to have run a bit ahead of the improvement in the stock market, and the failure of the Nasdaq and Dow to make further progress in recent weeks makes it doubtful that confidence will continue to rise at the May pace. The sharp rise in unemployment is likely to become a negative factor, too.

Ian Shepherdson

Seeing a two-year low in confidence in the wake of Hurricane Katrina isn't that surprising. The news in the month of September has been terrible. The television coverage and the emotional impact of the story has a big effect on confidence in the short run. But spending has been inconsistent with these confidence numbers.

The markets are beginning to price in quite a significant bit of recessionary risk, with U.S. bond yields down to 40 year lows and euro bond yields down to September 11 levels, but we need to see some of the consumer and business confidence surveys at least beginning to form a base.

The economy and corporate earnings, in the long term, remain firm, which will benefit shares. That's helping shares rebound from yesterday's losses.

I think it is a rebound from yesterday. The moves in markets overseas, particularly the U.S., just assisted with some renewed confidence first thing this morning.

It's becoming harder to believe that the ECB will only raises rates once with confidence high and policy makers sounding hawkish. The short end of the bond market will remain under pressure.

Kornelius Purps

World economic data released in March was positive across the board. In the U.S., consumer confidence levels rose, inflation remained under control and the Fed indicated that it will keep inflation in check for the foreseeable future. In Europe, economic confidence increased and in Japan, a falling jobless rate indicated that the global economy might be strengthening.

Nicholas Aninos

Consumer confidence in all major markets has been slipping this year, a trend that has accelerated after the tragic events of September 11.

Gerard Kleisterlee

We have no confidence in our ability and no confidence that we are doing it right. We just made too many mistakes. We are afraid of failure and doing something wrong.

His pattern of conflicts of interest undermines citizen confidence and investor confidence in the operations of the SEC. Left unchecked this has the potential to undermine market confidence. Americans and investors deserve an SEC that will vigorously protect their interests and protect the openness and efficiency of our markets.

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