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Consumer confidence has been a Fed concern since.

Consumer confidence has been improving and the construction and manufacturing industries have returned to growth.

"Consumer confidence has been choppy," he said, "and this hasn't helped".

Consumer confidence has been holding steady -- and even improved in October.

Throughout the economy's downturn, consumer confidence has been relatively stable and so has personal spending.

The biggest challenge to gaining consumer confidence has been overcoming the perception that wine should come only from a bottle.

Most gauges of consumer confidence have been plunging of late.

Consumer confidence had been rising, job losses were not quite as terrible and home sales were picking up in some markets.

The company said consumer confidence had been hit hard, especially with regard to big ticket items, so profits for both 2008 and 2009 would be below expectations.

Out of 1,188 estate agents surveyed, 98% said consumer confidence had been damaged by indecision over whether the tax would be suspended in order to boost the property market and 92% said it had created consumer concerns.

But figures from the British Retail Consortium showed sales in the entire country only ahead by 1.8%, compared with 2008, when sales were particularly poor as consumer confidence had been rocked by the near-meltdown of the banks.