According to data from the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index, consumers' expectations for U.S. economy increased to 40.1 in in the week ended December 06 from 39.6 the prior week. The increase was driven by a more favourable assessment of the measure of views of the economy and buying climate.
The measure of views of the economy rose to 31.7 from 30.6.
The buying climate climbed to 35.3 from 34.5.
The personal finances index fell to 53.4 from 53.7.