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 ...

US consumer sentiment rose for the first time in five months, bolstered by a more optimistic outlook for personal finances as inflation expectations improved. The preliminary December sentiment index ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment improved in early December, but worries about high prices and the labor market persisted, a survey showed on Friday. The University of Michigan's ...

Black Friday spending is projected to rise 6.3% year-over-year, signaling robust consumer activity despite weak sentiment data. Retail sales growth remains steady, with Redbook's Same-Store Sales ...

Friday came the data from the University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers. November 2025 data. The overall index of consumer sentiment fell from 53.6 in October to 51.0. November 2024 it was 71.8, a ...

Wherever consumer sentiment goes, consumer spending usually goes too. They're like buddies that do everything together. Consumer sentiment wants a hair cut, its buddy consumer spending does too. But ...

Major policy shifts this year have been adding to unknowns about the future and policy decisions, according to our World Uncertainty Index, which has doubled since January. Uncertainty has surged to ...

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 ...

New York — Consumer sentiment dropped to a three-year low and close to the lowest point ever recorded by the University of Michigan one month into the government shutdown, with pessimism over personal ...

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 ...