- "Consumer sentiment leapt 13% in the first half of January from December...on the heels of a sharp rise in December, causing the index to surge a combined 29%

- "Consumer sentiment leapt 13% in the first half of January from December...on the heels of a sharp rise in December, causing the index to surge a combined 29% from November, the biggest two-month increase since 1991. - "The pickup in sentiment was broad-based, spanning consumers of different age, income, education and geography." - "Other gauges also show that Americans are at last emerging from their funk. The share of consumers in December who expected to be financially better off a year later reached the highest level since June 2021, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of New York survey." - "A separate consumer confidence measure last month saw its biggest one-month gain since March 2021, according to the Conference Board."