American Express Earnings: Consumer Confidence

American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) is due to release earnings for the third quarter of 2013 on Wednesday October 6 after the market closes. The company is the first of the credit card providers to release earnings. That means the numbers will be watched to measure the growth of consumer spending in the United States in the period.

Analysts following American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) are looking for earnings of $1.22 per share for the three month period. Revenue is expected to come in at $8.2 billion. In the quarter ending September 30 2012 American Express earned $1.09 per share on revenue of $7.9 billion.