CCI possibilities

The Consumer Confidence Index comes out each month to report on how consumers feel the economy is doing. Whether or not they are confident in the market, and if they feel that there are jobs available out there for them. In last months report (for December) it showed that the consumer's confidence was up from November. It also showed that it was also one of the highs for the year. Consumers also feel that there is more of a job market for the month of December as well.

By looking at these numbers we can develop several different stories from this. You could do a story following different people who are looking for jobs, or even companies who are hiring right now, or not hiring. Another story could cover current consumer spending habits. You could talk to several local companies and see how they feel their customers are spending money in their stores.

There are a lot of possibilities in the CCI. You could make it national, state, or local all depending on how big the paper is.