Consumer Sentiment in U.S. Rose in September to 14-Month High

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Consumer confidence climbed in September to a 14-month high as Americans’ outlooks for the economy improved.

The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index of sentiment increased to 84.6, the same as the preliminary reading, from 82.5 in August. The median projection in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for 84.8.