"The story here is that CEO confidence is holding steady, " says Lynn Franco, director of the Consumer Research Center at the Conference Board.

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"Perhaps the silver lining to this otherwise dismal report is that Consumer Confidence may be nearing a bottom, " said Lynn Franco, Director of The Conference Board Consumer Research Center.

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Not a meaningful difference, says John Santa, director of Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center, a research arm of Consumer Reports magazine.

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Justin Wilson, senior research analyst at the Center for Consumer Freedom.

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