Consumer confidence dips

Consumer confidence dipped slightly in June from May’s five-year high reading, says a private reading released Friday.

The consumer sentiment index from Thompson Reuters and the University of Michigan dropped to 84.1 in June from May’s 84.5. The final June reading was an improvement over the preliminary figure of 82.7 released two weeks ago.

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