US DATA: The ABC News Consumer Comfort Index was improved to -43 in
the Dec 12 week, from -45 in the Dec 5 week. The nat’l econ index was
-76, unchanged for the third week. The personal finances index jumped to
-4 from the previous week’s -4 and the buying climate index was -48 for
the second week. See the history table on the MNI main wire.