Markets don't like instability, investors shy away from uncertainty, and consumer confidence goes down in difficult times.
The crisis in Europe has affected the U.S. economy by acting as a drag on our exports, weighing on business and consumer confidence, and pressuring U.S. financial markets and institutions.
When you have a lot of construction going on, it sends a message of vitality that builds up consumer confidence. It gets people to spend money when they see that energy, that things are happening.
Even if consumer confidence hit rock bottom, that most likely would not be enough, by itself, to cause a depression.
The Australian economy is resilient, but business and consumer confidence is fragile.
Europe is a strong market for the U.S. If it has problems, if there's a lack of consumer confidence, if there's a deeper recession, this will deeply affect jobs in the U.S.
I believe that if corporate America expects consumer confidence to be restored, they must first be honest with us.
The once-unthinkable loss of the AAA rating will constitute a further hit to already fragile business and consumer confidence.
In 2008, when the global financial crisis struck, it was a bad year for a lot of developing countries, and it manifested itself in consumer confidence.
I also believe that it's the right thing to do, to maintain strong consumer confidence in our food systems. And I believe that the consumer should have strong confidence in our food systems.
Our cattlemen have given us the safest, most abundant, most affordable beef supply in the world and I trust their judgment. And if you look at consumer confidence in this country, so does the American public.
But the world is ever more interdependent. Stock markets and economies rise and fall together. Confidence is the key to prosperity. Insecurity spreads like contagion. So people crave stability and order.
Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative.
Public corruption is the FBI's top criminal priority. The threat - which involves the corruption of local, state, and federally elected, appointed, or contracted officials - strikes at the heart of government, eroding public confidence and undermining the strength of our democracy.
I liked sports but I never really had the confidence. I was always coordinated and it came easy to me, but I didn't have the confidence to go along with the physical skill.
Judges decide upon copyright law. They decide upon trademark law. They decide upon scientific issues. They decide upon very complex technical issues on a daily basis. So you must have confidence in the Supreme Court, that they will apply their mind and they will come out with a decision consistent with the Constitution.
The collapse of Enron was devastating to tens of thousands of people and shook the public's confidence in corporate America.
Affliction is a school of virtue; it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning.
Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.
