Consumer Confidence Pushes Prices Up, Incentives Down
In some parts of the world, economies remain shaky, but here in the U.S., financial markets are strong and shoppers are optimistic. Naturally, there's a downside to that. Consumer confidence has surged over the past few months. Numerically speaking, it now rests at 84.5, its highest level since July of 2007, well before the Great Recession took...