NEW YORK, July 7 (Reuters) - ABC News on Tuesday said its
weekly index on U.S. consumer confidence fell marginally in the
week ended July 5, continuing to linger near the all-time low
it hit earlier this year.

The Consumer Comfort Index, which has spent most of the
summer hovering just above its record low, fell in the latest
week to -52 from -51 the prior week.

The index slid to a record low of -54 in the week ended
Jan. 25, 2009 and before that in the week ended Dec. 1, 2008.

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NATIONAL PERSONAL BUYING
W/E CCI ECONOMY FINANCES CLIMATE
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7/5 -52 8 42 22
6/28 -51 8 39 26
6/21 -53 7 39 24
6/14 -49 8 43 25
6/7 -47 8 45 27
5/31 -49 7 45 24
5/24 -47 8 46 25
5/17 -45 8 48 26
5/10 -42 10 52 25

The ABC News consumer confidence survey was based on a
sample of about 1,000 interviews conducted in the four weeks
ending July 5 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3
percentage points.
(U.S. Treasury desk; Tel: 646-223-6300)