Inflation eased in October, consumer confidence hit a five-month high, and jobless claims fell to a seven-month low.
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But confidence hit its highest level since May, while input price inflation hit its lowest level for almost a year.
Consumer confidence hit a four year high on Friday as people appeared upbeat on the prospects of a stronger job market.
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The closely watched Ifo index of business confidence hit a two-year low in June, suggesting that Europe's economic engine, Germany, is no longer immune to the troubles in the rest of the euro zone.
"I think there's increasing confidence they will hit their break even targets and do so without in any sense compromising the quality of care, " Mr Sissling said.
McCullagh pointed another free for Tyrone in the 15th minute but Monaghan were growing in confidence and they hit three of the next four scores to cut Tyrone's lead to 1-7 to 0-6 by the 27th minute.
Confidence among UK businesses hit its lowest level in at least 21 years last month, a survey suggests.
It put the decline down to the current economic problems, which it said had both hit corporate confidence and put consumers off making major buys.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme the "huge squeeze on wages and living standards" had led to a "massive hit on confidence and on demand in the economy".
However on Sunday NHS Wales chief executive David Sissling told BBC Wales there was "increasing confidence" LHBs will hit their break-even targets "without in any sense compromising the quality of care".
Political uncertainty in the Netherlands and in France, where President Nicolas Sarkozy narrowly lost to socialist rival Francois Hollande in the first round of France's presidential election on Sunday, also hit investor confidence.
Global markets were shaken out of complacency on Monday as a new episode in the European sovereign debt crisis took a hit at confidence and the reigning positive risk-sentiment of the past few weeks.
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Realistic self-confidence also takes a hit.
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If consumer confidence falls, it could hit the usually-more-impervious glossy magazines too.
The officials who negotiated this deal are pretty sure that the hit to depositor confidence will be less than if the Cypriot government had been able to go ahead with last week's plan and raid the accounts of even small-scale depositors.
Andy Willox, Scottish policy convener of the Federation of Small Businesses, said unemployment and the fear of unemployment would continue to hit consumer and business confidence.
Restoring public confidence in a market that was hit hard in December 2003 when Parmalat, one of Italy's biggest food groups, went bust is also proving challenging.
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Spanish unemployment has hit 25% and consumer confidence is at an all time low.
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But analysts say that Reliance has lately been hit by a lack of investor confidence.
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He pledged to work to boost investor confidence and revive growth in the recession-hit economy.
But such steps would be time-consuming and could be hit by a loss of market confidence at any moment.
That shows a new confidence: they no longer rely on disruptive hit-and-run tactics.
The more we want the position, the more difficult to hit just the right notes of confidence and enthusiasm to actually win it.
The lead should have instilled confidence into the visitors, but instead Torquay hit back minutes later, restoring parity through a sumptuous Hargreaves strike from the edge of the area that nestled into the bottom corner of Saul Deeney's net.
Coach Brian Noble, who knows all about Fielden's quality from their time together at Bradford and with Great Britain, will be hoping that his presence will lift an injury-hit dressing room which is low in confidence.
Thursday, his four-bus convoy hit the road with the candidate beaming with confidence after the latest polls showed him in a statistical dead heat with Texas Gov. George W. Bush for Saturday's crucial Palmetto State primary.
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CNNMoney, Bloomberg, USA Today all report that the Consumer Confidence Index is tumbling, falling, or taking a big hit.
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It will have to hit hard, and high, to restore public confidence.
But given his pre-match insistence that England needed to "hit the ground running" in order to build confidence for the South Africa clash, Saturday's lacklustre display was hardly what he had in mind.
Countries with heavy debt burdens (like Italy), whose tax base has collapsed (Ireland and Spain), which had a big budget deficit to start with (Britain) or whose long-term growth prospects have been hit hardest (Spain) should fear a sudden loss of investors' confidence more than those with smaller deficits (Germany), better demographic prospects (America) or a reserve currency (America again).
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