The trivial fall in the Conference Board's measure of consumer confidence to 69.2 in April, from 69.5 March, was broadly in line with the already reported modest decline in the University of Michigan measure. Both surveys, however, failed to capture the latest decline in equity prices, so there may be some downside risk for May.
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