Summary: Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index rises in March, reading more than expected; improved outlook for under 55s, households earning $50,000+; consumers taking little notice of recent bank failures; views of present conditions deteriorates, short-term outlook improves. US consumer confidence clawed its way back to neutral over the five years after the GFC in 2008/2009 and then went from strength to strength until late 2018. Measures of consumer confidence then...