[02/24/15] U.S. consumers are feeling a bit less confident this month, but their spirits are still at the highest levels since before the Great Recession.
The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index dropped this month to 96.4 from a revised 103.8 in January. The February and January readings are the highest since before the recession officially started in December 2007.
Consumers are modestly less confident about current economic conditions and considerably less confident about the next six months. They are slightly more likely to say jobs are "hard to get" than they were in January.
A year ago, the consumer confidence index was a much lower...
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