American consumer confidence has rebounded more quickly than expected, for instance.

比如，美国消费者信心就出现了快于预期的反弹。

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A drop in consumer confidence that was larger than expected Tuesday helped push stocks mostly lower although there was another batch of strong earnings.

周二公布的消费者信心指数的下滑幅度大于预期，压低股市，尽管有一轮强劲企业财报出炉。

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And many within the company expected to. Perhaps that led to this over-confidence and jackassery.

这是过度自信导致的。

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European markets rose, with the Stoxx Europe 600 rising 0.3% to its highest level since February 2011 amid better-than-expected German confidence data.

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Since mid-February, economic data has not been as strong as expected and consumer confidence has slumped.

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European markets finished lower, with the Stoxx Europe 600 down 0.4%, as a disappointing Spanish treasury-bill auction offset better-than-expected consumer-confidence data in France.

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