U.S. Consumers Have High Levels of Confidence
​The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index was again stronger than expected, rising to 121.1 in July from 117.3 in June. Both the present situations index and the consumer expectations index improved in July—the present situations index is the highest since July 2001. Consumers’ assessment of the current labor market strengthened further in July—the net jobs “plentiful†less jobs “hard to get†index improved to 16.1% in July (the highest since August 2001) from 13.6% in June.
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