"Consumer confidence, which had rebounded strongly in late spring, has faded in the last two months," Lynn Franco, director of the Conference Board Consumer Research Center, said in a statement.

“春季曾强劲反弹的消费者信心前两个月又萎靡不振，”大企业联合会消费者研究中心主任林恩·法兰克在一份声明中说。

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"The story here is that CEO confidence is holding steady, " says Lynn Franco, director of the Consumer Research Center at the Conference Board.

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"Perhaps the silver lining to this otherwise dismal report is that Consumer Confidence may be nearing a bottom, " said Lynn Franco, Director of The Conference Board Consumer Research Center.

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"This month's retreat was driven primarily by a sharp decline in expectations, although consumers were also more pessimistic in their assessment of current conditions, " said Lynn Franco, director of the Conference Board's economic indicators.

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