NEW YORK, Jan 12 (Reuters) - ABC News said on Tuesday that
its weekly measure of U.S. consumer confidence tumbled in the
latest week after hitting a 16-month high in the prior report.
The ABC Consumer Comfort Index slid 6 points to -47 for the week ended Jan. 10 from -41 the prior week. The prior week's reading was the best the index had seen since September 2008.
The index is now closer to its record low of -54, which it first hit in the week to Dec. 1, 2008, and again in the week to Jan. 25, 2009.
It has not seen positive ground since March 2007.
------POSITIVE VIEWS ON-------
NATIONAL PERSONAL BUYING W/E CCI ECONOMY FINANCES CLIMATE
1/10
47 9 46 24
1/3
41 9 51 28
12/29
44 8 47 29
12/22
42 7 50 30
12/13
45 7 47 29
12/6
47 8 44 28
11/27
45 9 45 28
11/22
47 10 43 26
11/15
45 11 46 25
11/8
46 11 45 25
11/1
49 10 42 24
10/25
51 10 43 21
10/18
50 11 41 23
The ABC News consumer confidence survey was based on a sample of about 1,000 interviews conducted in the four weeks ending Jan. 10 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. (U.S. Treasury desk; Tel: 646-223-6300) Keywords: USA ECONOMY/ABC
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The ABC Consumer Comfort Index slid 6 points to -47 for the week ended Jan. 10 from -41 the prior week. The prior week's reading was the best the index had seen since September 2008.
The index is now closer to its record low of -54, which it first hit in the week to Dec. 1, 2008, and again in the week to Jan. 25, 2009.
It has not seen positive ground since March 2007.
------POSITIVE VIEWS ON-------
NATIONAL PERSONAL BUYING W/E CCI ECONOMY FINANCES CLIMATE
1/10
47 9 46 24
1/3
41 9 51 28
12/29
44 8 47 29
12/22
42 7 50 30
12/13
45 7 47 29
12/6
47 8 44 28
11/27
45 9 45 28
11/22
47 10 43 26
11/15
45 11 46 25
11/8
46 11 45 25
11/1
49 10 42 24
10/25
51 10 43 21
10/18
50 11 41 23
The ABC News consumer confidence survey was based on a sample of about 1,000 interviews conducted in the four weeks ending Jan. 10 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. (U.S. Treasury desk; Tel: 646-223-6300) Keywords: USA ECONOMY/ABC
COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.