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Sampling consumers' outlook

Consumer confidence hit a five-year low in March, another victim of tightening credit, rising prices and a crummy job market. We sent Jeremy Hobson to the National Mall in Washington to ask Americans how confident they are.

A woman passes a store window display near in Chicago. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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