September's index print is near the all-time high of 144.7 reached in 2000, the Conference Board said Tuesday.
"These historically high confidence levels should continue to support healthy consumer spending, and should be welcome news for retailers as they begin gearing up for the holiday season," says Lynn Franco, director of economic indicators at the Conference Board.
That's the best sort of response to the "Gloom and doom" the left is trying to set as the narrative. And there is no shortage of this sort of good news.
