Consumer confidence running high at the start of 2020, hits biggest peak in 5 months
January 28, 2020 at 10:22 AM EST
Americans began 2020 with the most confidence in the economy since last summer, buoyed by an interim trade deal with China, a soaring stock market and the lowest unemployment rate in 50 years. The consumer confidence index climbed to a five-month high of 131.6.