(Source: Consumers Union of US Inc) February Planned Retail Spending at Lowest Level Since 2009. YONKERS, NY - The Consumer Reports Index, an overall measure of Americans' personal financial health, showed consumer confidence is off to sluggish start in 2013, according to the February report. The Consumer Reports Index sentiment measure declined for February dropped to 48.9 from 51.2 the prior month. The most pessimistic consumers remain Americans in households earning less than $50,000 (dropping to 45.6 from 50.0 the prior month). Concurrently, sentiment levels of middle-income families ($50,000 to $99,000) also dropped 5.4 percentage...
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