http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2009/06/01/consumer-confidence/ Learn, Network, Invest Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:50:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2009/06/01/consumer-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-66002 Gorj Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:44:28 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/?p=5485#comment-66002 More and more bad news everywhere, and the economy is falling a part and people believe everything that Media and the Government is throwing at them , or maybe they don't care anymore . More and more bad news everywhere, and the economy is falling a part and people believe everything that Media and the Government is throwing at them , or maybe they don’t care anymore .

]]> http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2009/06/01/consumer-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-65994 Mark T Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:24:26 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/?p=5485#comment-65994 Most consumers know little about what is actually happening in the economy. Their confidence is based on the rhetoric coming from the government, which is flush with doublespeak. I put little faith in the confidence number when it relies on the opinions of the general public. Most consumers know little about what is actually happening in the economy. Their confidence is based on the rhetoric coming from the government, which is flush with doublespeak. I put little faith in the confidence number when it relies on the opinions of the general public.

]]> http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2009/06/01/consumer-confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-65993 Tony Arko Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:42:32 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/?p=5485#comment-65993 There could be another explanation. I was recently surveyed and the first question they asked to base whether or not I qualified for the survey was my job. I said I was in real estate and they said I didn't qualify. Makes me wonder if they are surveying only people that will fit into the story they are hoping to tell. There could be another explanation. I was recently surveyed and the first question they asked to base whether or not I qualified for the survey was my job. I said I was in real estate and they said I didn’t qualify. Makes me wonder if they are surveying only people that will fit into the story they are hoping to tell.

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