On Friday the center released its latest estimate of the consumer sentiment index — and it was a stunner.

周五，该中心公布了最新的消费者情绪指数（Consumer Sentiment Index）——一个令人震惊的数字。

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Friday rounds out the week with import prices and the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index.

周五将公布进口价格及密歇根消费者满意度指数。

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The University of Michigan said its consumer sentiment index rose to 56.3 in February from an initially reported 56.2. Economists thought it would dip to 56.

密歇根大学表示二月份由该校发布的消费者信心指数从先期预测的56.2上升至56.3。经济学家起初预期该指数将降至56。

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But the consumer sentiment index is still worrying, particularly the low consumer expectations number.

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The Consumer Sentiment Index was at 79.3, up from 76.4 in April and 74.3 in May 2011.

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The University of Michigan reported that its consumer sentiment index was 71.6, another better-than-expected reading as the holiday approached.

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