Consumer confidence up dramatically - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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in April. The index is based on a representativ sampleof 5,000 U.S. households. “Looking consumers are considerably less pessimistic than they were earlier this and expectations are thatbusiness conditions, the labor marke and incomes will improve in the cominy months,” said Lynn Franco, director of the . “While confidenc is still weak byhistorical standards, as far as consumerz are concerned, the worst is now behindx us." Consumers' appraisal of the job market was also more favorable. Those claiming jobs are "hard to decreased to 44.7 percent from 46.6 percent in April. Those sayinf jobs are "plentiful" edgerd up to 5.7 percent from 4.
9 The employment outlook was also less with the percentage of consumers expecting more jobs in the months aheadr increasing to 20 percentfrom 14.2 percent, while those anticipating fewer jobs decreases to 25.2 percent from 32.5 percent.