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Consumer confidence jumps

Americans are feeling much better about the state of the economy. Consumer confidence jumped this month to its highest level since before the 2008 financial crisis, and is up 10.8 points since July, to 83.1, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index.

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