Consumer confidence rose last week to the second-highest level since August as Americans grew more upbeat about the economy and buying climate.
The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index climbed to minus 27.6 in the period that ended March 9 from minus 28.5 the prior week. The advance was the fifth straight and the reading was second only to the minus 27.4 in the week ended Dec. 22 as the strongest since mid-August. CONT.
Katherine Peralta, Bloomberg