Buyer Confidence Up Sharply for '77
vasiiiiigton post Btaif writer *"veyed complained, that jobs are ÛÏhard NEW YORK, Jan. 9ÛÓConsumer cAn- get,Û he said, down only slightly fidence, which had been depressed flatun the October figure of 40 per much of 1976, advanced sharply in Bent.</br></br>ccmber to its highest level in nearly aperhaps the most dramatic part of year, according to the latest Conff^-e new survey is the surge in buying ence Board survey of consumer serULns<</br></br>The improvement was tied to botlia.e t0 10 r cent in December from strengthening of economic fundam^ per cent jn 0ctober. And car.buy.</br></br>CmTeridmilds^tionå¡Ut thG incorn^1S Plans are now only slightly below Caitei administration.	the	peak	levels	of	last	February	when to 122.0 last month as consumers nifieantly stepped up their plans purchase automobiles, homes and i plianccs and to take vacations o; the next six months.	.	:</br></br>me in the next six months, up from .g per cent in October. The liome-ftying series of the index is now at jj. highest level since 1973. And of. Fiose polled, 31.4 per cent said they' qfend to buy a major appliance some |gie during the first half of 1977, up moiillis 'ofÛT976,**with*Christmas^rct&P111 2G 9 ')er cent in Octobe>--sales coming in stronger than ex^The Conference Board consumer pcctcd. And the results of the curnftWfldenee index stood at 93.3 last Conference Board survey should bilPbruary, dropped to 82.2 in April, stcr those economists who see a rndtuse again to 86.7 in June, stayed confident consumer fueling anew steady until October when it declined coloration in the U.S. e c o 11 o m ytbs80.2, and then registered tiie brisk growth rate after the mid-1976 slaoltmb in the latest survey in Dcccm-down.	ber	to	reach	91.2