Thanks to the continued rally in equity prices, falling gasoline prices and the housing recovery, the Conference Board measure of consumer confidence rose to a five-year high of 76.2 in May, from 69.0. Nonetheless, second-quarter consumption growth is likely to have slowed down to 2.5% annualised, from 3.2% in the first quarter.
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