Good news for Europe and China, but trouble looms for the U.S.

September 13, 2013. New York – Media sentiment on the U.S. and Eurozone economies is diverging, creating repercussions in consumer sentiment according to new research from Media Tenor International.

“The European Economic Sentiment Indicator continues to increase,” says Racheline Maltese, a researcher at Media Tenor. “This has clearly been led by improvements in the media tone. In August, the media tone improved markedly, and we expect the ESI will continue to follow,” she adds.

In the U.S., however, the story was different. “The media tone has dropped sharply in the U.S. Right now, the Consumer Confidence Index is essentially stagnant. This echoes the media tone earlier in the summer, but when the current image of the economy catches up to the CCI, the news is likely to be negative,” Maltese says.

Financial analysts quoted in the media have most recently been favorable on investment in China, Switzerland, Japan, South Africa, and Europe as a whole, Media Tenor has found. Meanwhile, sentiment has turned negative on the U.S., India, Australia, Germany and the U.K. “Analysts are cautious, however,” Maltese notes, saying that the tone of their opinions was not particularly extreme in August.

Media Tenor’s research has also revealed analyst positivity towards commodities as a whole, particularly agricultural products, as well as industrial and precious metals.

For additional information, or to schedule an interview with Media Tenor, please contact Racheline Maltese, 646-263-3731, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..