Don’t Get Too Cheery Over Consumer Confidence
Americans won’t fully open their wallets until there are more jobs (photo: Fred Prouser/REUTERS)
January’s consumer confidence number just trickled in, and it’s better than anticipated. The headline index rose to 60.3, from 53.3 in December: the market expected it to come in at 54.0. That’s an 8-month high, and the strongest …