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U.S. consumer confidence slips

American consumers continue to sit on their wallets, according to two sets of data released Tuesday.

The U.S. Conference Board reported its consumer confidence index fell in September. The index fell to 53.1 in September from 54.5 in August. That erases some of the seven-point gain for the index made from July to August. Americans grew more concerned about the economy, their job prospects and their incomes, the board said.

“While not as pessimistic as earlier this year, consumers remain quite apprehensive about the short-term outlook and their incomes,” said Lynn Franco, director of the board’s research centre. “With the holiday season quickly approaching, this is not very encouraging news.”

The Gallup polling organization also released figures Tuesday on both U.S. consumer confidence and spending. Its survey of spending for the week ending Sept. 27 found shoppers spent 17 per cent less from the week earlier and 39 per cent less than the same period a year earlier. Yet its measure of consumer confidence hit a 21-month high.

“The decoupling of consumer spending from consumer confidence couldn’t be clearer,” Gallup said in its commentary. While optimism is growing, “43 per cent of Americans rate the current economy as ‘poor,’ reflecting the fact that most have yet to see its improvement in their daily lives,” it said. Hard money training

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