The Conference Board's measure of consumer confidence rose to a six-year high of 85.2 in June, from 82.2, as the positive effects from an improving labour market and record high equity prices trumped the negative effect from rising gasoline prices. All of this bodes well for the outlook of real consumption growth.
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