Michigan Sentiment Index Fell to a Four-Month Low in March

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Consumer confidence declined in March to the lowest level in four months, a sign U.S. households will be slow to increase their spending.

The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index of sentiment fell to 80 from 81.6 in February. The median projection in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for 80.5 after a preliminary March reading of 79.9.