NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Consumer confidence showed no enthusiasm in the first week of autumn, the same way it spent most of the summer, according to the latest ABC News/Money magazine poll published Tuesday.

The ABC/Money Consumer Confidence index stood at -19 in the week ended Sept. 28, unchanged from the week before.

Earlier Tuesday, the Conference Board announced a separate consumer confidence index and its reading came in much worse than expected; it sank to the worst level since the start of the Iraq war.

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The ABC/Money poll measures Americans' confidence in three areas: the national economy; their own finances; and their willingness to spend money. It had been stuck in a range of -16 to -19 for the previous eight weeks.

Views on the national economy remained unchanged from the prior week, as 27 percent of those polled said it is in good or excellent shape.

Opinions on the buying climate also remained unchanged, with 38 percent responding that it's a good time to buy things they want or need.

Views on personal finance inched up one percentage point, as 56 percent said their finances are in good or excellent shape.

The ABC News/Money consumer index represents a rolling average based on telephone interviews with about 1,000 adults nationwide each month. The latest week's results are based on 1,003 interviews in the week ended Sept. 28, and have an error margin of plus or minus three percentage points.