US consumer confidence recovers in latest week-ABC

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Tue Jun 9, 2009 5:18pm EDT 

 NEW YORK, June 9 (Reuters) - ABC News on Tuesday released
its weekly index on consumer confidence in the United States.
 The Consumer Comfort Index rose to -47 from -49 the prior
week.
 The gauge touched a seven-month high in early May, but has
since hovered near its 2009 average, according to the ABC
report.
 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
------------------------------------------------
6/7      -47        8         45         27
5/31     -49        7         45         24
5/24     -47        8         46         25
5/17     -45        8         48         26
5/10     -42       10         52         25
5/3      -43        9         51         26
4/26     -45        7         50         26
 The ABC News consumer confidence survey was based on a
sample of about 1,000 interviews conducted in the four weeks
ending June 7 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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