THE Consumer Confidence Index towards the Government (IKKP) dropped again in the second quarter of this year to its lowest point since November 2008. This decrease in fact stopped back in April. In May, the index strengthened by 2.3 percent to 100.9. This level was reached for the last time in December last year. After that, it dropped for two months in a row making the index return to below 100—the average rate in 2003.

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