According to data from the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index, consumers' expectations for U.S. economy increased to 43.8 in in the week ended March 06 from 44.6 the prior week.

The increase was driven by more favourable assessment of the U.S. economy. The measure of views of the economy rose to 35.9 from 35.0, the buying climate index was down to 39.4 from 39.9, while the personal finances index fell to 55.9 from 56.0.