Consumer Confidence in U.S. Increases to Highest Since 2008
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Consumer confidence in the U.S. rose in June to the highest level in more than six years as an improving job market bolsters households.
The Conference Board’s index climbed to 85.2, the strongest reading since January 2008, from 82.2 in May, the New York-based private research group said today. The median projection in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for 83.5 in June.