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U.S. consumer confidence improves in June


    NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence strengthened in June, bolstered by an improving jobs market, according to a private sector report released on Tuesday.

    The Conference Board, an industry group, said its index ofconsumer attitudes rose to 101.4, matching the level set in March and higher than a downwardly revised 94.3 in May.

    Economists had forecast a June reading of 97.3,according to a Reuters poll.

    The May figure was originally reported at 95.4.

    The report's hard-to-get jobs index fell to 25.7 last month from May's downwardly adjusted 27.2.

    (Reporting by Richard Leong; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)