Post-Election Confidence Surges According to Latest Consumer Snapshot from Prosper

December 16, 2016 - With the election in the rearview and Trump on his way to the White House, those confident or very confident in the economy surge in December to 54.5%, according to latest Consumer Snapshot from Prosper Insights & Analytics™. December sentiment represents an 18% increase year-over-year and is well above the 13 month average of 45.1%. This month's result is the highest December reading in the past 10 years and is the highest overall reading in more than 14 years.

After climbing more than 50% in November to 23.8%, worry about political and national security issues eases in December to 19.1%, nearly even with December 2015. One-third (33.8%) indicate that they've become more practical with their purchasing, down 4 points from November and also lowering year-over-year. Shoppers' focus on just what they need declines from last month as well as December 2015.

"With the highly contentious race to the White House behind us, we asked consumers a couple of quick questions in December on how their holiday budgets might have changed post-election," said Pam Goodfellow, Consumer Insights Director / Principal Analyst for Prosper. "Of those planning to spend more, shoppers plan to increase their budgets by an average of $103."

In addition, men have an above average holiday outlook and are more optimistic than women. Affluent households and shoppers under 45 also hold spending outlooks that are more positive than average.

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Chrissy Wissinger, Director, Communications
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Pam Goodfellow, Consumer Insights Director / Principal Analyst
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