Stock and job woes take toll on Americans’ mood 
So much for optimism. A dramatic drop in consumer confidence sent stocks plunging yesterday and left a key index at its lowest level of the year, heightening fears that the economic recovery is stalling.
The nation is in no mood to spend its way back to growth, but businesses have been cautiously building up inventories to ...Login required
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