{"id":1004170775,"date":"2017-03-29T05:16:28","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T13:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004170775"},"modified":"2022-12-09T01:45:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T09:45:06","slug":"economy-watch-consumers-investors-more-optimistic-than-in-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-consumers-investors-more-optimistic-than-in-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Economy Watch: Consumers, Investors More Optimistic Than in Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Dees Stribling, Contributing Editor<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004170780\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/03\/State-Street-Corp.-Investor-Index-317.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004170780\" data-attachment-id=\"1004170780\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-consumers-investors-more-optimistic-than-in-years\/state-street-corp-investor-index-317\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/03\/State-Street-Corp.-Investor-Index-317.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"460,324\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"State Street Corp. Investor Index 317\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;State Street Investor Confidence Index as of March 28, 2017. Source: State Street Corp.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/03\/State-Street-Corp.-Investor-Index-317.jpg?w=460\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1004170780\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/03\/State-Street-Corp.-Investor-Index-317.jpg\" alt=\"State Street Investor Confidence Index as of March 28, 2017. Source: State Street Corp.\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/03\/State-Street-Corp.-Investor-Index-317.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/03\/State-Street-Corp.-Investor-Index-317.jpg?resize=300,211 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004170780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Street Investor Confidence Index as of March 28, 2017. Source: State Street Corp.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/economy-watch-are-consumers-really-optimistic-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increased a fair amount<\/a> in February, improved even more sharply in March. If sustained, that&#8217;s is good news for the continued expansion of the economy, and demand for real estate. The index now stands at 125.6 (1985 = 100), up from 116.1 in February. Both components were up: The Present Situation Index rose from 134.4 to 143.1 and the Expectations Index increased from 103.9 last month to 113.8.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the highest level for the index since December 2000, according to Lynn Franco, director of economic indicators at the Conference Board. Consumers\u2019 assessment of current business and labor market conditions improved considerably, and they&#8217;re also expressing much greater optimism regarding the short-term outlook for business, jobs and personal income prospects.<\/p>\n<p>As for investors, the State Street Investor Confidence Index increased to 95.4 in March, up 4.2 points from February\u2019s revised reading of 91.2. Though it&#8217;s probably good for the economy, broadly speaking, for investors to be optimistic, that might also mark a slight turn away from real estate investment.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s because the index measures investor confidence (or risk appetite) by analyzing the actual buying and selling patterns of institutional investors. The greater the percentage allocation to equities\u2014historically more volatile than real estate\u2014the higher risk appetite or confidence. A reading of 100 is neutral; it is the level at which investors are neither increasing nor decreasing their long-term allocations to risky assets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index and State Street Confidence Index improved in March, which bodes well for the continued expansion of the economy and demand for real estate. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1023,"featured_media":1004170780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23891,21742],"tags":[33295,34686,34687,33294],"class_list":["post-1004170775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-latest","tag-consumer-confidence-index","tag-lynn-franco","tag-state-street-corporation","tag-the-conference-board-inc"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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