NEW YORK, March 3 (Reuters) - ABC News on Tuesday released
its weekly index on consumer confidence in the United States.

The Consumer Comfort Index fell to -49 from -48 in the
previous week.

The index ranges from -100 to +100 and its record low is
-54, reached in the week to Dec. 1, 2008 and again in the week
ended Jan. 25, 2009.

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NATIONAL PERSONAL BUYING
W/E CCI ECONOMY FINANCES CLIMATE
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3/1 -49 5 48 24
2/22 -48 5 49 24
2/15 -49 5 47 24
2/8 -53 4 44 22
2/1 -52 5 43 24
1/25 -54 5 41 23
1/19 -53 5 42 24

The ABC News consumer confidence survey was based on a
sample of about 1,000 interviews conducted in the four weeks
ending March 1 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3
percentage points.
(U.S. Treasury desk; Tel: 646-223-6300)