Preliminary data released by the University of Michigan on Thursday unexpectedly showed a substantial improvement in U.S. consumer sentiment in the month of April.
The report showed the consumer sentiment index spiked to 65.7 in April from 59.4 in March. The sharp increase surprised economists, who had expected the index to edge down to 59.0.
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