According to data from the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index, consumers' expectations for U.S. economy decreased to 40.9 in in the week ended November 22 from 41.2 the prior week. The decline was driven by a less favourable assessment of the current economy.

The measure of views of the economy declined to 30.5 from 32.2. It was the highest reading since early May.

The buying climate and the personal finances indexes slightly rose last week.