1.   A University of Michigan consumer sentiment index today showing an upswing in consumer confidence in June also weighed on bonds.

2.   Also on the upside, March surveys anticipate improved industrial production and gains in both the Index of Leading Economic Indicators and the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index.

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

4.   Consumer confidence index for April.

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

6.   Consumer confidence index, August ..............

7.   Consumer sentiment is also improving, judging from a rise in the University of Michigan preliminary consumer sentiment index for November.

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

9.   Fine says inflation as measured by the consumer index is a lagging indicator and is likely to increase further as the year progresses, though in a nonthreatening manner.

10.   Import prices, producer prices, and consumer services index.