Now, we already covered the following:

Retail sales for Thanksgiving weekend up 22% from a year ago.

Gas prices have fallen 25% in the last 5 weeks (reach 5 month low)

Stock market up 7% in last 5 weeks (reaches 4 1/2 year high)


But now there is *more* good news:


Consumer Confidence Up As Gas Prices Dip
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER 1 hour, 44 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods and
sales of new homes rose sharply in October while consumer confidence soared
in November, all indications the economy is recovering from the blow
delivered by the Gulf Coast hurricanes.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051129/..._ec_fi/economy