Consumer Confidence Index in U.S. Decreased to 80.3 in July

... months, particularly the rise in interest rates ," Stephen Stanley , chief economist at Pierpont Securities LLC in Stamford, Connecticut , said before the report. "To the extent that you're paying attention and seeing rates are rising, that's bad ...

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