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US consumer confidence falls for second straight month in August, to reading of 84.8

AP Economics Writer | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 5 years, 3 months AGO
by AP Economics Writer
| August 25, 2020 7:27 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — US consumer confidence falls for second straight month in August, to reading of 84.8.

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