NEW YORK — The Conference Board said Tuesday that its Consumer Confidence Index fell slightly to 70.2 in March. That’s down from a revised 71.6 in February — the highest level it’s been since the same month in 2011.
Consumer confidence has made a recovery since it fell to an all-time low of 25.3 in February 2009. But the March reading is below the 90 reading that indicates a healthy economy. The index hasn’t been near 90 since December 2007.
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