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On Friday, the Conference Board reported that its index of leading economic indicators rose in April after dipping in March.
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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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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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The Conference Board's consumer confidence index declined by a larger than expected margin, falling from November's reading of 71.5 percent to 65.1 percent in December.
