WASHINGTON, July 27 [Category: BizConsulting] -- Gallup, a research-based and performance-management consulting company, posted the following news:

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U.S. Economic Confidence Improves in July

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Story Highlights

* ECI up from -38 in June to -31 in July

* Most rate economy as fair (32%) or poor (44%); 67% say it is getting worse

* Government remains most-cited issue as nation's top problem