only 41. o percent for the previous month and the view of the job market here, jenna, also here, very, very dim, those that say jobs are very difficult to obtain increased now to 45.8% from four 3 1/2%. only one month ago. so consumers, bottom line, not feeling good about the economy. jenna: not feeling good overall and we see the job numbers, we can understand that, but is there anything in that survey that lets it keep its name, david, with the consumer confidence, any silver lining in there? there is some hope up on the horizon, and specifically, let me talk about home sales. for the second straight month now, we have seen an increase in home sales, the s&p schiller 20-home city index posted a 1.3% increase in may from april. but there is some bad news mixed into that specifically. let s talk about las vegas, it s the only city in that index to report a price decline, and since august of
southeast asia, vietnam and the philippines were hit badly last week. back to you jon. jon: david piper live from bangkok, thank you. jenna: happening now on wall street, stocks are taking a breather after the dow gained 100 points in summer trading, consumer confidence is slipping again, the commerce department s index is falling. david lee mill ser joining us. how are we feeling about this economy? reporter: let me say this, maybe they should consider renaming this index, instead of the consumer confidence index, it should be the consumer lack of confidence index. why do i say that? let s take a look at some of the specifics of these numbers. the index dropped sharply for the month of july, down now to 50.4%, that s compared with 54.3% in the month of jub. of june. let s talk specifically now, some of the people surveyed, 43.6% of those asked if conditions are bad now economically, compared with