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Ergonomi finns på livet.se I don't know if the gas prices and interest rates will knock consumer confidence down in coming months, ... I think they're more likely to hold it where it is now, which is good, but not great.

Our business is more impacted by consumer confidence than even a little spike in the interest rates or even a little spike in the energy prices. As long as the consumer confidence remains positive, which it is, you are going to see continued consumer spending.

Farooq Kathwari

Rising energy prices and interest rates may overshadow the optimism employees have in the labor market in the coming months. While we don't expect worker confidence to fall dramatically, we are likely to see a softening as people struggle with greater day-to-day financial strain.

We continue to expect interest rates to be on hold in coming months with the next move more likely to be up than down.

Rising fuel prices will keep a lid on consumer spending for some time, slowing economic growth. The central bank will keep interest rates on hold.

Energy price volatility is taking its toll on consumer confidence, as is the prospect of higher [interest] rates in the months ahead.

Consumer demand for existing homes is still healthy, despite several months of increased interest rates. The housing market will not be derailed because economic factors that drive consumer confidence -- employment, inflation and household wealth -- are at healthy levels.

The Labor Department also noted that for 2005 consumer prices overall rose by the largest rate in five years, partly because of spiraling interest rates and energy prices. The CPI was up by 3.4% for the 12 months ending in December. However, taking out core numbers from food and energy, the number was up only 2.2%.

The stronger consumer confidence, the more likely the Fed will keep hiking rates for longer. Yields have the potential to march higher in the coming months.

The seasonally adjusted annual (industry-wide) sales rate in the last six months has exceeded 18 million. Going forward, we anticipate that consumer demand will moderate in response to higher interest rates. Still, consumer confidence remains high and that bodes well for healthy auto sales.

The consumer may be running out of power, homebuilding is slowing, oil prices are remaining high, and short-term interest rates are going up. That's an awful lot coming together at the same time that could pressure stocks.

It was not great, just good. The consumer spent a little better than many expected. Consumer confidence improved as oil prices pulled back. The economy is still doing pretty well.

This is a significant decline in confidence, ... Presumably the combination of higher interest rates and stagnant stock prices lies behind the moves, but the key point is that the steady rise in recent months has abruptly begun to reverse.

Ian Shepherdson

Increasingly, consumer confidence seems to be driven by the price of gasoline. The rise in confidence last month appears to have been a lagged reaction to lower gas prices in February. But we have more than made up for those drops in the last two months, and gas prices are headed upward as the summer traveling season approaches.

The possibility that consumer spending will slow, given the current weakening level of consumer confidence, created an uneasy atmosphere in the financial markets. Combined with the growing possibility of a war with Iraq, new money flowed into the bond market, driving down yields and other interest rates. Mortgage rates were no exception.

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