Summary: Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index falls in January, reading less than expected; contrasts with recent UoM survey; views of present conditions improve, short-term outlook deteriorates; Expectations Index decline due to jobs, broader US economy. 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 oscillated within...