Consumer confidence up dramatically - Dayton Business Journal:

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in April. The index is based on a representativwe sampleof 5,000 U.S. households. “Lookingf ahead, consumers are considerably less pessimistic than they were earlier this and expectations are thatbusinessd conditions, the labor market and incomez will improve in the comin months,” said Lynn Franco, director of the . “Whil confidence is still weak byhistorical standards, as far as consumerd are concerned, the worst is now behind us." Consumers' appraisalo of the job market was also more favorable. Thos e claiming jobs are "hard to get" decreasesd to 44.7 percent from 46.6 percent in Those saying jobsare "plentiful" edgedd up to 5.
7 percent from 4.9 percent. The employment outloo k was also less with the percentage of consumers expecting more jobs in the monthds ahead increasing to 20 percentfrom 14.2 percent, while those anticipating fewerr jobs decreased to 25.2 perceny from 32.5 percent.