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Conference Board economist Ken Goldstein said the index is 3.5 percent higher at an annual rate than it was six months ago, suggesting expansion for the economy.
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The Conference Board's index attempts to gauge what's coming over the next several months - investors will watch it for clues about the strength of the recovery in the world's largest economy.
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A gauge of consumer confidence rose in April, reversing a decline in March, the Conference Board, a private research group, said Tuesday.
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"While expectations appear to have bounced back, it is too soon to tell if confidence is actually on the mend," said Lynn Franco, the Conference Board's director of economic indicators.
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The Conference Board, a New York-based private research group, says its consumer confidence index rose to 68.1 in April.
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The New York-based Conference Board says Tuesday that its Consumer Confidence Index stands at 69.6, up from a revised 58.4 in January.
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The Conference Board says its index of leading indicators rose 0.2 percent in January to 94.1, the second straight increase after a gain of 0.5 percent in December.
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That's not going to go away," said Ken Goldstein, an economist with the Conference Board, a New York-based research group.
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A separate survey from the Conference Board also showed consumer confidence fell in January because of the tax increase.