Consumers remain confident about the economy.

The consumer confidence index of the Conference Board, a private business research organization, shows that Americans continue to express pleasure with the current state of the economy but have lost some confidence about future business conditions. The index stood at 102 in June, barely changed from 103 in May and higher than the level of 100 in the base year of 1985. Some 29% of the people surveyed in June described current economic conditions as good, up from 25% in May, while 25% said jobs were plentiful, up from 22% in May. Only 19% expected business conditions to improve in the next six months, down from 21% in May.