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JULY 18, 2022

The chatter died down immediately after Friday’s University of Michigan Sentiment Survey found long-run inflation expectations had edged lower to 2.8% previously and 3.0%

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The first full week of the month brings with it a quick read on September economic activity in the form of the twin ISM surveys (today and Wednesday) and the employment report on Friday. The ISM Manufacturing Survey is due later this morning (10am ET) and is expected to decline slightly from 52.8 It peaked in March 2021 at 63.7

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Ahold Delhaize USA , which calls itself the world’s largest grocer, SpartanNash , the Michigan-based food distributor, and others say they are buying more food as soon as they can. As a result of the experience earlier this year, food distributors and supermarkets are keeping months of stock rather than weeks, WSJ reported.

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JUNE 10, 2020

and filed suit against the Michigan-based mall owner over an alleged breach of a merger agreement. In a complaint filed with the Oakland County Circuit Court in Pontiac, Michigan, Indiana-based Simon Property Group said it is suing Taubman Centers for violating terms of the deal. Simon Property Group (SPG) has abandoned its $3.6

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FEBRUARY 16, 2020

According to data and surveys by the government, there existed a schism between slightly depressed manufacturing numbers and consumer spending, which was up in January. according to data from the University of Michigan released last week. Only 7 percent of respondents mentioned concern about the coronavirus when surveyed.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 12, 2022

Perhaps a more important release comes later this morning (10am ET) with the first look at the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Survey for August. The survey has been printing some dour consumer sentiments of late but with the drop in gas during the last 60 days, perhaps that will lift some moods. to 52.5.

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JUNE 18, 2020

Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had expected new unemployment claims would be slightly lower at 1.3 The previous week’s number was revised up by 24,000 from 1,542,000 to 1,566,000. That brings the 12-week total since the onset of COVID-19 to 46 million and makes the 13th straight week that claims have exceeded 1 million.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Ever since the August CPI report on Tuesday delivered its gut punch, the market has staggered through the week and finds itself with the last report of consequence later this morning in the University of Michigan Sentiment Survey. The Fed is big on keeping those expectations anchored as they tend to become self-fulfilling.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

The total number of claims came in below the 800,000 Wall Street analysts had predicted, according to a Bloomberg survey. initial claims for unemployment insurance fell in the week ended Oct. 17 to, declining 55,000 from the week prior to hit a seasonally adjusted 787,000, the Department of Labor reported Thursday (Oct. million.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

For instance, Muskegon County, Michigan is offering so-called “ recovery loans ” of up to $20,000 to local businesses with fewer than 25 employees. According to PYMNTS’ recent How We Shop survey, 59 percent of U.S. Consumers Are Worried . The pandemic’s lingering effects also continue to have dramatic effects on consumers’ habits.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 13, 2022

Also out this morning we received our first read on consumer confidence in May from the University of Michigan Sentiment Survey and it was ugly. The survey also has an inflation expectations component which the Fed watches to see if higher inflation rates are starting to leak into future expectations. We hope so anyway.

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JANUARY 9, 2019

In addition to lower optimism, small business owners surveyed by the NFIB for the Index also showed a decline in the number of entrepreneurs who say now is a good time to expand their businesses. For some, current economic conditions and political uncertainty are to blame for holding off on expansion. .”

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 14, 2022

In light of the weak consumer sentiment numbers from last Friday’s University of Michigan Sentiment Survey, the retail sales report will get some attention to see if the dour mood reported by consumers is causing them to spend less. So far, depressed moods haven’t kept consumers from spending.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

13), preliminary data from the University of Michigan shows that sentiment rebounded more than expected, up to 92 from 89.8 The overall boost comes despite worries over the lingering trade war between China and the United States, according to the survey and as reported by CNBC. As reported on Friday (Sept.

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JULY 16, 2020

The pizza chain’s earnings and revenue also came in well above the expectations of analysts surveyed by FactSet, who had predicted earnings per share of $2.24 The Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company’s strong growth amid the coronavirus crisis has been aided by its push into online and mobile ordering. and revenue of $915 million.

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APRIL 13, 2020

Spending was down more dramatically in states that were considered “hot zones” – New York, New Jersey, California, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Connecticut and Washington, D.C. Our latest survey finds that some 60 percent of SMBs either don’t think they’ll survive the pandemic or aren’t sure if they will.

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JULY 2, 2020

The Post noted that June University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers indicated that 56 percent expect the U.S. Those figures match up with PYMNTS consumer surveys , which found consumers expect the pandemic and its economic effects to stretch into 2021. What happens next depends on how fast the U.S. economy turns around.

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JULY 27, 2016

This follows a University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment report, which found decreasing confidence among higher-income households following the Brexit event in the U.K.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Part of the lift comes from a growing number of people who, according to an NRF survey, said they would buy presents for Valentine’s Day; the average amount spent per person also will be on the upswing, to $200. consumer sentiment for February, as measured by the University of Michigan, was higher than expected. The reading was 100.9,

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

In fact, a PYMNTS survey conducted as the pandemic began found that six in 10 U.S. While The Conference Board’s latest data looked bad, two other indicators — the University of Michigan August Survey of Consumers and the latest Morning Consult data showed at least some improvement. consumers reported living paycheck to paycheck.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 11, 2016

Federal Reserve System Survey conducted in 2015, 51 percent of mobile banking users had deposited a check using a banking app in the previous 12 months, a 38 percent increase from 2013. Joseph, a Michigan-based credit union, acquired Indiana-based Griffith Savings Bank. According to a U.S.

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MAY 15, 2020

Some, but clearly not all – PYMNTS consumer surveys found that by early April, the economy was already showing signs of buckling under the strain of the pandemic, and consumers were tightening their belts as a result. One of the few areas of growth demonstrated by the new data release was online sales , which grew by 8.4

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OCTOBER 1, 2018

A 2016 survey from the APICS Supply Chain Council and Michigan State University found key issues, including the need to invest in new equipment and availability of resources to scale up, as top concerns weighing on the minds of corporate executives.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2019

The report pointed to a recent University of Michigan survey that found Americans under the age of 35 have curtailed spending as compared to their older counterparts. These debt levels can have long-lasting effects on young adults’ spending as well.

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APRIL 1, 2020

Melnyk , professor of operations and supply chain management at Michigan State University. GoodFirms surveyed more than 100 of the top eCommerce experts to determine the most effective tactics for small-scale online shops. “Why are we having such great shortages, and why can’t the system respond? million for the week of Feb.

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APRIL 18, 2016

On Friday (April 15), the University of Michigan released preliminary April data on its Consumer Sentiment Index, and while the month still has time to recover, the score of 89.7 If there was any consistency to be had, according to the consumers of the survey, it was around inflation rates — 2.7 sits below March’s tally of 91.0

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AUGUST 10, 2023

In a survey conducted by Executive Networks of 1,300 HR leaders, business leaders, knowledge workers and frontline workers, only 28% of knowledge workers said their company was making returning to the office “commute-worthy.” One is how to better coordinate when the team is in the office so the value of in-person work can be realized.

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APRIL 17, 2017

Reports late last week said the bank will work with SME lending portal Accion, a nonprofit company, to facilitate the financing of these companies across five states: Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

Established dealers reacted by aggressively expanding website selling that’s been in place for years, with one Michigan auto dealer telling The Wall Street Journal in late June, “I truly believe we sold more cars last month because we’re finally utilizing technology more efficiently.”. We believe this shift is here to stay.” .

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Abrigo

APRIL 16, 2015

These firms, according to the Wolters Kluwer 2014 Accounting Firm Preparedness Survey , “view technology as a utility, a mechanism for greater day-to-day efficiency,” and they quantify the investment returns mostly in terms of “back-office” benefits, such as improved productivity and work quality. But other firms view technology as much more.

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JULY 8, 2020

Back in March, as the pandemic began to take hold — and there were fewer than 1,000 cases here — more than 65 percent of consumers we surveyed said that media coverage might be making the situation look more serious than it was. In late June, as the consumer sentiment survey in June slipped to 78.1 And then, of course, it all shifted.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 12, 2020

Last week we asked 14 clients to complete a quick survey to let us know what they are seeing. The survey was not intended to withstand the data or validity test of normal surveys. Two interesting comments provided in the survey: “After last year’s planning session, we really got going on driving online account opening.

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APRIL 13, 2017

Yet the jobless rate, which was estimated through two separate surveys from the Labor Department, showed up at a respectable 4.5 To recap, the March jobs report was glaring as a miss versus consensus, at a 98,000 gain, below the triple-digit tally that had been expected. percent, plumbing lows not seen since the financial crisis.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 4, 2015

Dave Ulrich, business professor at the University of Michigan, explained that while many people still see the HR function as managing a company’s benefits and retirement plans, today the person filling that role is often a prominent leader, as well as being deeply entrenched in what makes the company tick.

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APRIL 29, 2020

Another survey of consumer plans for their stimulus dollars indicated over a third of consumers intend to spend those funds eating more. SpartanNash grocery stores are testing the sale of meals from restaurants in western Michigan as a way to both boost their shopper count — and offer hard hit local businesses a new outlet for their products.

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JANUARY 8, 2018

In a survey of more than 1,000 consumers, 77 percent said they have not changed the frequency of their pizza-ordering habits. Those competitive threats center around third-party delivery options, where other food juggernauts, such as McDonald’s , are bringing that service option to customers in some metropolitan areas.

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APRIL 24, 2020

Michigan-based Consumers Credit Union reported its banking operations have clustered around these machines during the pandemic as tellers are available to virtually meet consumers during typical banking hours. Some FIs already have ITMs installed at their branches and have seen increased adoption in recent weeks.

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