Continued declines in gasoline prices, an upbeat stock market and high levels of employment all contributed to gains in consumer confidence this month.
We expect a decline in consumer confidence as several factors come to bear on the consumer.
Consumers in Florida continue to surprise me. I had expected consumer confidence to remain the same or decline this month, but consumers felt differently.
We had been expecting a decline in confidence for the past couple of months, and it finally came in February.