State consumer confidence dips, faces critical test

Florida consumer confidence dropped one point to 76 in February after two months of increases, equaling last year's trend, according to a University of Florida survey.

By Anthony ClarkBusiness editor

Florida consumer confidence dropped one point to 76 in February after two months of increases, equaling last year’s trend, according to a University of Florida survey.

The test will come in March, Chris McCarty, director of UF’s Survey Research Center in the Bureau of Economic and Business Research, said in a news release. March of last year is when consumers’ mood toward spending dropped four points and continued to decline until August.

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