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Fri 04 Apr 2007'Feel-bad factor' as optimism lowest in 3 yearsConsumer confidence has fallen to a three-year low, figures published yesterday indicate. Despite an expected boost from maturing SSIA savings, consumers feel less confident about their future than at any time since December 2003.The overall IIB/ESRI index of consumer sentiment fell to 78.5 in March, down from 84.9 in February and around 90 at the start of the year.