US consumer confidence falls off 7-mo highs-ABC

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Tue May 19, 2009 5:07pm EDT 

 NEW YORK, May 19 (Reuters) - ABC News on Tuesday released
its weekly index on consumer confidence in the United States,
showing the Consumer Comfort Index fell to -45 from -42 the
previous week.
 The index has read -45 or better in the past four weeks,
touching levels last seen in October.
 The index ranges from -100 to +100, and reached a record
low of -54 in the week to Dec. 1, 2008 and again in the week
ended Jan. 25, 2009.
               ------POSITIVE VIEWS ON-------
               NATIONAL   PERSONAL    BUYING
W/E       CCI     ECONOMY    FINANCES    CLIMATE
------------------------------------------------
5/17     -45        8         48         26
5/10     -42       10         52         25
5/3      -43        9         51         26
4/26     -45        7         50         26
4/19     -47        7         48         25
4/11     -51        5         46         22
4/5      -50        7         45         23
 The ABC News consumer confidence survey was based on a
sample of about 1,000 interviews conducted in the four weeks
ending May 17 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3
percentage points.
(U.S. Treasury desk; Tel: 646-223-6300)
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