European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 the stars and stripes thursday june 9,19bb consumer Confidence rises new York a All May nol be Well with he american Economy but a Survey says con Sumers Confidence Rose in May tits highest level since the soaring the conference Board a Busi Ness supported research group said monday its consumer Confidence Index reached 119.2 in May the strongest since december 1969, when it stood at 126.0. Conversion rates London up wednes Day s closing rates for the . Dol Lar to of her currencies figures Are expressed in dollars to the British Pound other local currencies in dollars tin Petti Tat Ami 11 h56 k in Oki. Or n my a Trow f n Hawk Isikli Khz o Khz just. I Bix i till .57910 i924si j24 4511100. Mio. 1730911030 .95215 11155iiso 579501960 m02 1,274251ujs 1.3299511105 14010 120419 6jmo 65125 it s pretty impressive said Fabian Linden executive director of the Board s consumer research Center. All of the ingredients that give the consumer a sense of Well being Are working together Al this moment Linden said mentioning Strong employment gains and re strained in Flanon. The Index is based on a monthly Survey of 5,000 . Households. The Index has been kept since Jan uary 1969 and was recently recalibrate to a base of 00 for 1985. The consumer Confidence Index jumped 3.5 Points from april and 16.2 Points from May 1987. The strength of consumer conf european weather Acuil to int of Cloudy in hey my neg a Lac Haj or qty f. A Fleron a when of Jiw tort Fly to of Tiff Fol no Imp Rurik 59 64. Itch w 57 Soufl Tnjil-1 11. I vim Ficay a a met in four Triy Kuty Mih it min log or Numis partly Cloudy la cd mail rim Hari n ii Thorn of to nary hunh 1im rii1un by s3 Fiatt. C m 75 old met. C b7 ii Huxta i Dence is surprising in Light of the labor department s report Mon Day that most workers have tailed la stay ahead of inflation for live consecutive quarters. Not since the spiralling inflation of 1979-81 have workers gone that Long without an improvement in their Standard of living through wage gains the Bureau of Labo statistics said. The conference Board s Survey indicated More optimism than an other report released tuesday bythe International association for financial planning but he latter was based on a Survey conducted three months earlier. Thai Survey of 1,008 people found that 39 percent said it is harder this year than a few years ago to pay their Bills and still have Money left Over compared with 29 percent who said it was easier. Linden said Consumers Confidence probably was helped by their feelings of Job Security. The average workweek has lengthened. Linden noted meaning people Are working More overtime and bringing Home bigger checks. These Are commercial Rales andean be related Only to the use of foreign currency by . Forces for official business sales of German Marks to . 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