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  "id": 10777878,
  "title": "Consumer confidence drops to lowest level in more than a decade",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/consumer-confidence-drops-to-lowest-level-in-more-than-a-decade",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-29T20:08:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/business/6118506-consumer-confidence-reaches-dozen-year-low/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Consumer confidence dipped in September to its lowest level in a dozen years, the Conference Board reported Tuesday. The board’s consumer confidence index fell to 81.9 last month, down 6.7 points from August. That marked the lowest point for the metric since 2014, when consumer sentiment was rebounding from a low point of less than...",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "US consumer confidence sinks to lowest level since 2014",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/us-consumer-confidence-sinks-to-lowest-level-since-2014",
        "published": "2026-09-29T18:22:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "US consumer confidence hits its lowest level since 2014 ahead of midterms",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/us-consumer-confidence-hits-its-lowest-level-since-2014-ahead-of",
        "published": "2026-09-29T22:23:58.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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