Consumer confidence sinks to 15-year low

Bloomberg reports that consumer confidence is sinking with home values, reaching lows not seen since 1992.  From the article on the lack of consumer confidence: Confidence among American consumers fell in May to the lowest level since 1992 as the two-year housing slump showed no sign of bottoming. The Conference Board's confidence index declined more than forecast to 57.2, the New York-based research group said today. The S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index dropped 14.4 percent in March from a year earlier, the most since the figures were first published in 2001. Separate figures from the Commerce Department showed sales of new homes were the second-lowest since 1991 in April. The slide in home values, along with gasoline near $4 a gallon and rising unemployment, threatens to ho