Consumer Sentiment Picks Up in Late December
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Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers' final December consumer sentiment index rose to 69.9 from 67.7 in the preliminary December report, according to a report released on Thursday.
Economists in a Reuters survey expected a final December sentiment index reading of 68.0.