nightly business report is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. stocks flip-flopped today as investors tried to make sense out of a new batch of reports that gave mixed a picture about the u.s. economy. tom, everyone s worried about recession so each new data point is important. tom: yeah, and can really drive the market. susie, here s what we learned today: a closely watched consumer confidence index fell to its lowest level in two years. the conference board survey said consumers are pessimistic about the outlook for jobs and wages. as for housing, home prices rose 3.6% in the case-shiller 20-city index during the second quarter- - the first quarterly increase in a year. but the index was nearly 6% below its year-ago level, and more than 31% below its peak five years ago. susie: then, this afternoon, the federal reserve released minutes f
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. stocks flip-flopped today as investors tried to make sense out of a new batch of reports that gave mixed a picture about the u.s. economy. tom, everyone s worried about recession so each new data point is important. tom: yeah, and can really drive the market. susie, here s what we learned today: a closely watched consumer confidence index fell to its lowest level in two years. the conference board survey said consumers are pessimistic about the outlook for jobs and wages. as for housing, home prices rose 3.6% in the case-shiller 20-city index during the second quarter- - the first quarterly increase in a year. but the index was nearly 6% below its year-ago level, and more than 31% below its peak five years ago. susie: then, this afternoon, the federal reserve released minutes from its august 9 meeting, showing that some pol
nightly business report is made possible by: this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. stocks flip-flopped today as investors tried to make sense out of a new batch of reports that gave mixed a picture about the u.s. economy. tom, everyone s worried about recession so each new data point is important. tom: yeah, and can really drive the market. susie, here s what we learned today: a closely watched consumer confidence index fell to its lowest level in two years. the conference board survey said consumers are pessimistic about the outlook for jobs and wages. as for housing, home prices rose 3.6% in the case-shiller 20-city index during the second quarter- - the first quarterly increase in a year. but the index was nearly 6% below its year-ago level, and more than 31% below its peak five years ago. susie: then, this afternoon, the federal reserve released minutes f
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. stocks flip-flopped today as investors tried to make sense out of a new batch of reports that gave mixed a picture about the u.s. economy. tom, everyone s worried about recession so each new data point is important. tom: yeah, and can really drive the market. susie, here s what we learned today: a closely watched consumer confidence index fell to its lowest level in two years. the conference board survey said consumers are pessimistic about the outlook for jobs and wages. as for housing, home prices rose 3.6% in the case-shiller 20-city index during the second quarter- - the first quarterly increase in a year. but the index was nearly 6% below its year-ago level, and more than 31% below its peak five years ago. susie: then, this afternoon, the federal reserve released minutes from its august 9 meeting, showing that some pol