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August 28, 201912.05 Consumer and business confidence in August declines. The index of the former, Istat reports, recorded a decline from 113.3 to 111.9, while that of the second fell from 101.2 to 98.9. The decrease in the consumer confidence index is widespread but presents different intensities among its components: the economic component and the future one record the most marked declines passing, respectively, from 129.6 to 127.8 and from 117.4 to 115 4.