Trends this Decade

Consumer confidence soared with the dotcom bubble at the start of the decade, then tanked with the global financial crisis at its end. The ABC News Consumer Comfort Index, conducted weekly since late 1985, hit a record high +38 on its scale of +100 to -100 on Jan. 16, 2000, and a record low of -54 on Jan. 25, 2009. (ABC News)