Yesterday’s KBC Ireland/ESRI Consumer Sentiment Index
Uh oh.
Robert Shortt, of RTÉ’s Prime Time, writes:
Buried beneath the blizzard of boominess, the monthly KBC Bank Ireland/ESRI Consumer Sentiment Index for October produced a peculiar result.
It found ‘a surprising and substantial decline in October’ in consumer confidence [from 92.8 in September to 85.5 in October]. In fact, so surprising and substantial, that the authors of the Index speculate that it could be down to ‘a statistical blip’.
Of course, it could be the now familiar gap in perception between what people hear about the economy and what they feel (or don’t feel) in their pockets. Or maybe it’s the onset of winter. Or maybe it’s something in the water.
Prime Time’s Robert Shortt Blogs About the Latest Economic News (RTÉ)
Water charges uncertainty plays role in fall in consumer sentiment: KBC (RTE News, November 4, 2014)
Its all the fluoride in the water thats what is is*
I’ll be protesting at the top of Grafton Street in my Boxers in the next 60 Minutes, come join me! make the guorenment listen!
*Not really
Ask any retailer (excepting Lidl and Aldi)
That was not meant as a reply Selfie. !
Although I was saddened not to find you at the top of Grafton Street
A nice cold spell should boost sales- wasn’t Newstalk telling us that we’re gonna be expecting snow soon?
Because Irish people love to focus on the negative.