Mixed Economic Indicators Show Signs of Improvement
Don’t start waving the flags yet, but at least a few economic indicators are finally starting to edge upward. For the second month in a row, Americans’ overall confidence in the economy increased, with job market expectations hitting their highest level in two years. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index, which had increased in November, rose again in December by 4.5%, to 52.9. This is higher than the reading expected by economists polled by Thomson Reuters, but still far from a score of 90 that would signify a solid economy. This same index was at its historic low of 25.3…