Confidence among US consumers dropped in June after two months of building optimism, surprising economists and dealing a blow to stock markets.
The Confidence Board, an industry group, said its index of consumer confidence dropped to 49.3 in June from a revised 54.8 in May. Economists had expected a figure of about 55 but consumers are feeling worse about the state of the economy and about where they expect it to be in six months' time.
Confidence built over the spring amid talk of “green shoots” in the economy and a rising stock market, but now people say business conditions are worse and jobs are becoming harder to find.
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