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Italy's confidence index of consumers up, that of business down in Nov

In consumer confidence, a significant improvement was observed in the personal climate (from **.* to ***.*), in the current one (from **.* to **.*), in the future one (from ***.* to ***.*), and finally in the economic one (from ***.* to ***), the official statistics agency Istat said in a release.

The confidence climate in manufacturing increased from **.* to **.*. The balance referring to the assessments on order books slightly decreased, while the one related to the expectations on production recovered. Inventories were considered to have declined slightly during the month.