An answer must be found to the loss of consumer confidence.
There has already been a great deal of talk here about consumer confidence.
We are talking about consumer confidence and that is the most important thing.
Consumer confidence is one of 11 factors in the report.
"In a single day, consumer confidence was taken away, and we're still having a problem with it despite being given a clean bill of health."
With consumer confidence so low, recovery will take a long time.
Americans, of course, have also been cutting back, and consumer confidence is anything but high.
Although consumer confidence is down, spending has held up relatively well.
"After that, we'd better see an increase in consumer confidence if we're going to have a strong Christmas."
Rather than a decline of 5.9 points during the last month, consumer confidence may have increased.