Staying the course.(Market Watch)

Remodeling, May, 2004 by Sheehan, Robert J.

CONSUMER CONFIDENCE 
 
Larger-than-normal tax rebates and bonus checks are balancing out 
factors such as rising gas prices, a poor stock market, a weak 
labor market, and the war in Iraq. Consumer confidence fell in March, 
but only by an insignificant amount. 
 
                       Consumer Confidence         Expectations Index 
 
May                           83.6                      64.9 
'03 
 
Jun                           83.5                      96.4 
 
Jul                           77.0                      86.3 
 
Aug                           81.7                      94.9 
 
Sep                           77.0                      88.5 
 
Oct                           81.7                      91.5 
 
Nov                           92.5                     100.1 
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