Just in time for the holidays, a bad economic mood (AP)

[TimesTen]

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111025/ap_on_re_us/us_consumer_confidence"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111025/capt.464fa0ef7519467993b7c63f3548aaa8-464fa0ef7519467993b7c63f3548aaa8-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=3RNE_Z4IOjoVkLlTXqK7Hw--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="FILE - In this Sept. 29, 2011 file photo, a woman and child leave a mall with purchases in Culver City, Calif. Consumers' confidence in the economy fell in October to the lowest it's been since 2009 when the U.S. was in the middle of a deep recession, according to a report released Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, by a private research group.(AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Americans say they feel worse about the economy than they have since the depths of the Great Recession. And it's a bad time for a bad mood because households are starting to make their holiday budgets.</p><br clear="all"/>

 

More...