Consumer sentiment plummeted across New York state in the third quarter, a new report from Siena College Research Institute shows. The New York State Index of Consumer Sentiment stands at 71.9, down 11.8 points from the last measurement in the ...

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Confidence among Upstate New York consumers fell during the second quarter, bucking both the statewide and national trend, a new survey from Siena College Research Institute shows. Overall consumer sentiment in Upstate — which includes future and current confidence — ...

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Confidence among Upstate New York consumers continued to trail both the state and nation in the fourth quarter, a quarterly report from Siena College Research Institute shows. Overall confidence in the fourth quarter, which includes current and future confidence, was ...

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Some 95 percent of New Yorkers are either quarantining or practicing social distancing, a new poll from Siena College Research Institute shows. The SCRI special Coronavirus Poll was conducted March 30 through April 2 by random phone calls to more ...

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If you can put a number on excitement, New Yorkers are a little more excited about the holidays than last year, according to a Siena College Research Institute poll, perhaps because they’re feeling stronger about their financial situations. That’s probably ...

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Confidence among upstate consumers stabilized during the third quarter, bucking a nationwide trend, the latest quarterly poll by the Siena College Research Institute shows. Overall confidence, which includes current and future confidence, in upstate was 85.3 in the third quarter, ...

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The good news out of the Siena College Research Institute’s holiday spending poll depends on what industry you represent. Retailers will be happy to hear that one-fifth of New Yorkers plan to spend $1,000 or more on gifts. But brick-and-mortar ...

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A majority of New Yorkers – 61 percent –  plan to spend the same on holiday gifts this year as last, according to a poll conducted by the Siena College Research Institute, but they may spend more anyway. The institute polled ...

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