Thursday, May 17, 2007

U.S. Consumer Confidence Probably Dropped to Eight-Month Low on Gasoline

(Bloomberg) -- Confidence among U.S. consumers probably fell in May to the lowest level in eight months, sapped by a jump in gasoline prices and a wave of mortgage defaults, economists said before a report today.

The University of Michigan's preliminary index of consumer sentiment likely declined to 86.2 this month from a final April reading of 87.1, according to the median estimate of 67 economists in a Bloomberg News survey.


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