US consumer confidence weaker in latest week-ABC

Tue Jul 7, 2009 5:14pm EDT

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 NEW YORK, July 7 (Reuters) - ABC News on Tuesday said its
weekly index on U.S. consumer confidence fell marginally in the
week ended July 5, continuing to linger near the all-time low
it hit earlier this year.

 The Consumer Comfort Index, which has spent most of the
summer hovering just above its record low, fell in the latest
week to -52 from -51 the prior week.

 The index slid to a record low of -54 in the week ended
Jan. 25, 2009 and before that in the week ended Dec. 1, 2008.

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

               NATIONAL   PERSONAL    BUYING
W/E       CCI     ECONOMY    FINANCES    CLIMATE
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7/5      -52        8         42         22
6/28     -51        8         39         26
6/21     -53        7         39         24
6/14     -49        8         43         25
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

 The ABC News consumer confidence survey was based on a
sample of about 1,000 interviews conducted in the four weeks
ending July 5 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3
percentage points.
(U.S. Treasury desk; Tel: 646-223-6300)