ECONODAY: There appears to have been a bubble in consumer spirits late into last year and early into this one, that is a brief surge that came and went and never materialized into a rise for consumer spending. The first read on consumer sentiment this month fell very sharply to 91.2, down 4.2 points from the final reading for February for the lowest reading since November. Sentiment peaked at 98.2 in mid-month January which was the highest reading in 8 years...
