The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index, which had declined in October, posted another loss in November. The Index stood at 90.5 (1985=100) in late November, down from 92.9 in October.
According to the Commerce Department, even if economic growth is slowing to 3 percent in the fourth quarter, those numbers would still be much better than in some of the European economies (less than 1 percent growth) or Japan (where GDP growth stopped altogether).