US consumer confidence unchanged in latest week - ABC

NEW YORK, Sept 29 (Reuters) - ABC News said on Tuesday that
its weekly gauge of U.S. consumer confidence held at last
week's level, remaining in negative territory.

The Consumer Comfort Index was at -46 in the week ended
Sept. 27, unchanged from the previous week's reading, according
to the report.

The index first hit its all-time low of -54 in the week to
Dec. 1, 2008, and again in the week to Jan. 25, 2009.

------POSITIVE VIEWS ON-------

NATIONAL PERSONAL BUYING
W/E CCI ECONOMY FINANCES CLIMATE
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9/27 -46 10 45 26
9/20 -46 10 45 26
9/13 -49 9 44 24
9/6 -48 8 45 25
8/30 -45 8 48 27
8/23 -45 8 49 25
8/16 -46 7 48 26
8/9 -47 8 47 25
8/2 -49 9 44 24
7/26 -47 9 44 26
7/19 -50 10 43 22
7/12 -51 8 43 22
7/5 -52 8 42 22

The ABC News consumer confidence survey was based on a
sample of about 1,000 interviews conducted in the four weeks
ending Sept. 27 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3
percentage points.
(U.S. Treasury desk; Tel: 646-223-6300)