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Consumers Optimism May Not Tell the Whole Story.

By Michael E. Kanell, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 30--Consumer confidence took a healthy bounce this month, offering ammunition for predictions that war's end will trigger the long-awaited economic rebound.

The monthly index compiled by the Conference Board and released Tuesday jumped from 61 in March to 81 in April, with improvement coming in both the consumer view of the current situation and the outlook for the future.

A similarly strong boost in sentiment after the 1991 Gulf War was short-live

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