Despite record high stock markets and gradually improving labour market conditions, the University of Michigan's measure of consumer confidence dropped back to 80.4 in January, from 82.5. Nevertheless, the headline index only reversed a small part of December's sharp rise, we aren't too concerned about the fall, particularly as the unseasonably severe winter weather, aka the polar vortex, may have played a role.
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