Economics
Consumer Comfort in U.S. Stagnates Amid Unemployment
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Consumer confidence stagnated last week as scant improvement in the labor market left Americans more discouraged about the economy.
The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index held at minus 37.5 in the week ended July 8. Some 86 percent of those surveyed said the economy was in bad shape, 21 percentage points higher than the average since 1985.