Conf. Board Consumer Confidence (Apr.)

The slight drop in the Conference Board's measure of consumer confidence, to 82.3 in April from 83.9, appears to have been due to weaker labour market conditions. As this decline was trivial and contrasts with other evidence, we still expect consumption growth to pick-up in the second quarter.

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