US consumer confidence falls in latest week-ABC

NEW YORK, Oct 13 (Reuters) - ABC News on Tuesday said that its weekly gauge
of U.S. consumer confidence fell, as Americans took a dimmer view on the buying
climate and their personal finances.

The Consumer Comfort Index fell to -48 in the week ended Oct. 11, from a
reading of -45 in the previous week.

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

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NATIONAL PERSONAL BUYING
W/E CCI ECONOMY FINANCES CLIMATE
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10/11 -48 11 42 25
10/4 -45 11 44 27
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

The ABC News consumer confidence survey was based on a sample of about
1,000 interviews conducted in the four weeks ending Oct. 11 and has a margin of
error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.