CORRECTED - US consumer confidence nears year high-ABC

(Changes the week-ended date to Nov. 29, not Nov. 27)

NEW YORK, Dec 1 (Reuters) - ABC News said on Tuesday its
weekly measure of U.S. consumer confidence rose in the latest
week, and views on the buying climate hit their best levels in
more than a year.

The ABC Consumer Comfort Index rose to -45 in the week
ended Nov. 29 from -47 the prior week.

While the index now stands three points higher than its
2009 average of -48, it has struggled to break above -42, the
highest reading this year, which it reached in May.

Since May, the index has read -45 five times, but has
failed to push higher.

The CCI touched a record low of -54 in the week to Dec. 1,
2008, and matched that reading in the week to Jan. 25, 2009. It
has not seen positive ground since March 2007.

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

NATIONAL PERSONAL BUYING
W/E CCI ECONOMY FINANCES CLIMATE
------------------------------------------------
11/29 -45 9 45 28
11/22 -47 10 43 26
11/15 -45 11 46 25
11/8 -46 11 45 25
11/1 -49 10 42 24
10/25 -51 10 43 21
10/18 -50 11 41 23
10/11 -48 11 42 25
10/4 -45 11 44 27

The ABC News consumer confidence survey was based on a
sample of about 1,000 interviews conducted in the four weeks
ending Nov. 29 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3
percentage points.
(U.S. Treasury desk; Tel: 646-223-6300)