The sharp decline in the Conference Board's measure of consumer confidence to a 14-month low of 90.4 in November, from a revised 99.1, is hard to square with the usual drivers of confidence - gasoline prices are lower, stock markets are up and initial jobless claims remain unusually low. Accordingly, we wouldn't be surprised to see a bounce-back in December.
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