The headline University of Michigan (UM) consumer sentiment index ticked up to 53.3 in early December 2025, from 51.0 in November. Inflation expectations among households fell: the expected rate over ...

American households felt a bit better about the economy in December compared with the previous month, according to a monthly index of consumer sentiment from the University of Michigan. A preliminary ...

The University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index, considered the benchmark for confidence in economic conditions, fell to 50.3 this month, marking a nearly three-and-a-half-year low. This 29.9% ...

The Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index fell 3.3 points (-6.2%) to 50.3 this month. This reading makes the November figure the second-lowest sentiment reading of all-time, only trailing the record low ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Consumer sentiment dropped to a three-year low and close to the lowest point ever recorded by the University of ...

U.S. consumer sentiment declined to its lowest level in more than three years and near an all-time low as households' concerns about the economic impact of the government shutdown mounted, according ...

Consumer sentiment plunged to near-record lows in November as the slowing job market, stubborn inflation and the government shutdown post increasing problems for President Trump. The University of ...

US consumer sentiment tumbled to near the lowest on record as the government shutdown weighed on the economic outlook and high prices soured views about personal finances. The preliminary November ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment was steady in October, with households appearing to shrug off a partial shutdown of the government, though worries about the labor market and ...

The fresh data marked three consecutive months of worsening shopper attitudes. Consumer sentiment soured in October as a government shutdown threatens to weaken a wobbly economy beset by an uptick in ...

Americans are souring on the economy again to levels seen rarely in the post-World War II era, raising the question of what it means for spending, economic growth and other key metrics gauging the ...