Highlights
December RBC CASH index edged up to 65.9 from 64 in November. The RBC CASH (Consumer Attitudes and Spending by Household) Index, which measured the attitudes of 1,009 Americans earlier this week, found that consumer sentiment remained low, but stable, following a significant drop in November. While Americans' expectations for future prospects and their confidence in jobs improved slightly, their evaluations about current conditions and investments continued to decline. According to RBC, consumers have been seeing high gasoline and oil prices, a struggling stock market and falling housing sales and prices. And now they see worrisome headlines that financial companies thought to have been safe from the subprime mortgage debacle are running into trouble.

The RBC CASH Index is a monthly national survey of consumer attitudes on the current and future state of local economies, personal finance situations, savings and confidence to make large investments. The Index is composed of four sub-indices: RBC Current Conditions Index; RBC Expectations Index; RBC Investment Index; and, RBC Jobs Index. The Index is benchmarked to a baseline of 100 assigned at its introduction in January 2002.

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