According to data from the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index, consumers' expectations for U.S. economy increased to 43.5 in December from 42.5 in November. The increase was driven by a more favourable assessment of the U.S. economy.

Weekly consumers' expectations for U.S. economy increased to 40.9 in in the week ended December 13 from 40.1 the prior week. The increase was driven by a more favourable assessment of the personal finances and buying climate.

The measure of views of the economy declined.

The buying climate climbed to 37.2 from 35.3.

The personal finances index increased to 54.9 from 53.4.