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Consumer confidence, durable goods drop - Boston.com (895 words) |
 | Consumers "are not feeling really good now," said Gary Thayer, chief economist at A.G. Edwards and Sons Inc., though he added they're feeling better compared with this past summer, when gasoline prices surged. |
| The consumer confidence report -- derived from responses through Nov. 14 to a survey mailed to 5,000 households in a consumer research panel -- showed that labor market conditions were less favorable than in October. |
| Consumers expecting more jobs to become available in the coming months decreased to 13.1 percent from 15.1 percent, while those anticipating fewer jobs also decreased to 16.7 percent from 18.0 percent. |
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