According to data from the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index, consumers' expectations for U.S. economy decreased to 39.6 in in the week ended November 29 from 40.9 the prior week. The decline was driven by a less favourable assessment of buying climate.
The measure of views of the economy was little changed.
The buying climate declined to 34.5 last week from 37.3.
The personal finances index fell to 53.7 from 54.8.