1.   But a lower-than-expected reading on another consumer confidence index, by the Conference Board, sent stocks into a tailspin on Tuesday.

2.   But the confidence indexes began falling last year, long before unemployment started to rise.

3.   Consumer confidence index for April.

4.   Corporate profits are slowing, prominent companies are announcing layoffs, and the consumer confidence index is falling.

5.   Consumer confidence index, August ..............

6.   European share prices edged higher after a surprise jump in a key German confidence index.

7.   Fabian Linden, the economist who developed the widely quoted consumer confidence index of the Conference Board, died at his home in Manhattan on Monday.

8.   He stressed that the overall business confidence index has improved in the past several months.

9.   If the early numbers from holiday shopping are representative, the confidence index should be on the way up.

10.   Just before the confidence index was released, the Federal Reserve convened a regular meeting of the policy-making committee that sets interest rates.