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Consumer Confidence Improves

October 16, 2015
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The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index preliminary October reading was 92.1, up from September’s final reading of 87.2 and surpassing analysts’ expectations. The first gain in four months, the figure was attributed in part to wage increases and declining energy prices.

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