
John Barone
“Uncertainty” was the biggest complaint among business leaders in 2012, prompting many of them to delay hiring and investment spending until they could get a clearer, post-election picture of what was going on with the budget talks. Now it appears that American consumers have caught that sentiment. The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index fell 6 percent from November to December, to its lowest level since August. The numbers suggest that consumers were focusing ...
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