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PostSubject: US consumer confidence 'falls sharply in August'   US consumer confidence 'falls sharply in August' Icon_minitimeThu Sep 01, 2011 6:20 am

US consumer confidence slumped in August to its lowest level since April 2009, according to the latest monthly Conference Board report.

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Its closely watched consumer index sank to 44.5 this month, from a downwardly revised 59.2 in July.

A reading of 90 or above indicates a healthy economy on the index, which measures consumers' attitudes to jobs and spending in the short term.

Official data on Friday is expected to show US unemployment remains above 9%.

"What we are effectively going through is a crisis of confidence," said Tom Porcelli, an economist at RBC Capital Markets in New York.

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