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        The numbers: Consumer sentiment improved slightly at the end of October, but higher gas prices left people more worried about inflation. The final reading    
        
    
        
     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                    