Economics

U.S. Consumer Sentiment Rises to Four-Month High on Outlook

A pedestrian carries a Nike Inc. shopping bag in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Monday, March 11, 2019. Bloomberg is scheduled to release consumer comfort figures on March 14.Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

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By William Edwards

November 22, 2019 at 3:00 PM UTC

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U.S. consumer sentiment extended gains in mid-November as Americans' economic outlook improved against a backdrop of solid hiring, record stock prices and the prospect of a trade truce with China.