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From: russet	7/2/2009 5:56:04 PM
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Withering shoots from Can-o-worms morning cup of bliss today. On Tuesday, the U.S. Conference Board said its Consumer Confidence index fell to 49.3 in June from a revised 54.8 in May. The decrease surprised economists, who had expected the index to edge up to 55.3 from the 54.9 U.S. Construction Spending fell 0.9% percent in May and was more than the 0.5% decline expected by economists and worse than the 0.6% increase in April. Total spending in May was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $964 billion, which was the lowest since March 2004. Construction spending fell for six consecutive months before April's increase. Private construction dropped 1% and residential construction, which makes up more than a third of private building, slipped 3.4% to its lowest level since December 1995 On Wednesday, Payroll firm Automated Data Processing (ADP) said that Non-Farm Private Employment fell by 473,000 jobs in June following a revised decrease of 485,000 jobs in May. The Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday that the volume of Mortgage Applications filed last week dropped nearly 19% from the previous week.

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