According to data from the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index, consumers' expectations for U.S. economy decreased to 42.8 in in the week ended March 26 from 43.6 the prior week.

The decrease was mainly driven by a less favourable assessment of the economy. The measure of views of the economy declined to 32.6 from 34.0, the buying climate index was unchanged, while the personal finances index fell by 1 point to 57.6 from 55.9.