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In May of 1980 Mount St. Helens erupted, The Empire Strikes Back premiered, the arcade game Pac-Man was released and it was the last time US consumer confidence was as low as it is today. The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary index of consumer sentiment was projected to dip slightly from 63.7 to 62 but it has plummeted to 54.9 - a level not seen since late in the term of President Jimmy Carter.

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