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To: Wally Mastroly who wrote (10151)	11/30/1999 5:38:00 PM
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Consumer Confidence Surges in Nov. By RACHEL BECK AP Business Writer Excerpt: "..NEW YORK - Americans' confidence in the economy surged in November, boding well for retailers during the holiday shopping season. Thanks to a sharp rebound on Wall Street, low unemployment rates and growth in personal income, consumers seem more certain that good economic times won't come screeching to a halt anytime soon. The big rise in confidence in November, reported Tuesday by the Conference Board, ended a string of four straight months of decline in the index measuring consumers' willingness to spend. 'Consumers got over being pessimistic earlier in the fall and are feeling better now, particularly about the future,' said Gary Thayer, chief economist at A.G. Edwards & Sons Inc. in St. Louis..." - usatoday.com