US consumer confidence climbs to 5-year high

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By Alex Lennane

29/05/2013

Well, if even Fox News (not the biggest Obama fan) is reporting this, there must be something in it. There are more than good signs in the US economy. Consumer confidence is at its highest since February 2008, there is employment, house prices are rising, stock values are increasing. A sign than the second half is going to be far less gloomy than the first. Happy days.

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