WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — U.S. consumer sentiment dipped in early March, according to media reports on Friday of the Reuters/University of Michigan index. Amid signs that the labor market is approaching a trough but remains frail, the consumer sentiment index declined to 72.5 in March from 73.6 in February. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch had been expecting the sentiment index to hit 74 in March.
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