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Americans are feeling more confident about the economy

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The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index was 109.7 in June, up from 102.5 in May. “If packed-full restaurants and airports were not enough to convince you that consumers are feeling good at the moment, look at the present situation index, which notched its best monthly gain since December 2022,” Wells Fargo economists wrote in a…

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