GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Passage of the national economic stimulus package and state property tax amendment helped boost Florida’s consumer confidence by four points to 74 in February after last month’s decline to its lowest level in 16 years, a new University of Florida study reports.

Reports measuring the mood of consumers toward buying based on the monthly Florida Consumer Attitude Survey conducted by the Bureau's UF Survey Research Center. All publications on this page are FREE. Click links to read the PDF or download the report.

Florida consumer confidence rose three points to 80 in the month of October, in line with the national level of consumer confidence. “Consumer confidence in Florida is now very close to the national number of 80.9 as measured by the University of Michigan,” said Chris McCarty, the BEBR UF Survey Center Director. “The index for Florida had been lower than the nation. With this increase we are almost the same." Read more in the October issue.

Newswise — The latest round of bad news in the housing market dealt a blow to consumer confidence in August, causing a three-point drop to 78, its lowest level in a year, a new University of Florida study finds.

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Consumer Confidence Index (December 2003)
Consumer Confidence Index (November 2003)
Consumer Confidence Index (October 2003)
Consumer Confidence Index (September 2003)

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Consumer Confidence Index (December 2004)
Consumer Confidence Index (November 2004)
Consumer Confidence Index (October 2004)
Consumer Confidence Index (September 2004)

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Consumer Confidence Index (December 2005)
Consumer Confidence Index (November 2005)
Consumer Confidence Index (October 2005)
Consumer Confidence Index (September 2005)

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Consumer Confidence Index (December 2006)
Consumer Confidence Index (November 2006)
Consumer Confidence Index (October 2006)
Consumer Confidence Index (September 2006)

"The state's slowing housing market weakened consumer confidence despite lower gas prices, but on a national level confidence was up slightly."

Consumer confidence dips in Florida - Miami Herald

Established in 1979 to conduct research on consumer attitudes and buying behavior in Florida, the BEBR Survey Research program has grown into a state-of-the-art survey research program with a 75-station computerized lab operating seven days a week. Renamed the UF Survey Research Center (UFSRC) in 2001, the program conducts a regular monthly survey of some 500 households in Florida. Staff members conduct research on a variety of survey-related topics, publish the results in scholarly journals, and make presentations at professional conferences.