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Wow it's Amazing.........Consumer confidence hits 4-year high.
U.S. consumer confidence rose in October to its highest in more than four years, according to a private sector report released on Thursday.

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The Conference Board, an industry assembly, said its index of consumer attitudes gained to 72.2 from a downwardly revised 68.4 in September. It was the highest level since February 2008, though it came in shy of economists' estimates for 72.5.

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The survey was another piece of evidence that the recovery, while not healthy, is at least picking up a little steam. Weekly jobless claims fell more than expected in the latest week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. & a survey of private sector hiring that's seen as a preview for the monthly jobs data Friday, showed that U.S. companies created 158,000 jobs in October.