CT boosts SA consumer confidence

South African consumer confidence has improved for the second half of 2014 – largely due to Cape Town’s positive outlook.  This is according to the latest MasterCard Index of Consumer Confidence released today. With a score of 58.7, a slight improvement of 2.4 points...

Consumer confidence ticks upwards

Having slumped from -3 index points during 4Q2012 to a nine-year low of -7 in 1Q2013, the FNB/BER Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) rebounded to +1 in 2Q2013. Consumer confidence levels improved across all income and population groups. Consumer confidence increased...

Consumer confidence at nine-year low

The Consumer Confidence Index (CCI), released by FNB and Bureau of Economic Research (BER), declined from -3 index points in the fourth quarter of 2012 to a nine-year low of -7 index points in the first quarter of 2013.  Having declined by two index points during...