1 issue 2 2006 consumerscope at present the mood indicators are better than they have been in a long time u ifo business climate index for manu facturing trade climbed again june namely to 106 8 points economic hasn t that good since march 1991 sev enth row companies rated their busi ness situation as having improved and even interim kink expectations has ironed out like building retail past years consistently performed far worse industry wholesale but now this difficult steadily worked its way upward during last few months it could reach plus zone july just institute measures of gfk with consumption consumers income were previous month on other hand indicator propensity con sume continued rise be precise highest value ever measured these monthly surveys started
