According to data from the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index, consumers' expectations for U.S. economy rose to 44.6 in in the week ended January 24 from 44.0 the prior week.

The increase was driven by rises in buying climate and personal finances sub-indexes. The measure of views of the economy declined to 37.2 from 37.7, the buying climate index was up to 40.2 from 39.2, while the personal finances index climbed to 56.3 from 55.0.