Check out green shoots of optimism regarding consumer confidence. While job losses still weigh heavily on the minds of cash-strapped Americans, U.S. consumer confidence rose to a nine-month high in June , the third consecutive month it had reached a new high, a survey showed today. The Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers said its preliminary index of confidence for June rose to 69.0 from May’s 68.7. Economists had expected 69.5, while last September the score was 70.3. Ho