Consumer Expectations news and trends

New York Fed: Fewer Renters Expect to Ever Buy Home
Consumer Insights // May 06, 2024

Renters are less confident that they will ever own a home than they have been since the Federal Reserve Bank of New York began asking them about this prospect. The share of renters who expect to own a home dropped to 40.1% in the New York Fed’s 2024...

Consumer Anxiety Over Debt Highest Since Pandemic  
Consumer Insights // April 09, 2024

The latest data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reveals that consumer concerns about inflation are holding steady, but their anxieties over debt are on the rise.   The Fed’s March Survey of Consumer Expectations, which was released this week, found that for the third month running,...

Consumer Sentiment Study Sees Jump in Inflation One Year Out
Consumer Finance // October 13, 2023

Consumers don’t think the pressures on the household budgets are going to abate anytime soon. And certainly not in the next year. The University of Michigan’s latest reading of consumer sentiment fell sharply in its preliminary October reading, sliding from September’s 68.1 level to a...

Consumers See No Inflation Relief and That Credit’s No Sure Thing
Economy // October 10, 2023

Inflation’s steady at the moment, on its way to ticking up … and credit’s tougher to come by. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data released the September 2023 Survey of Consumer Expectations on Tuesday (Oct. 10), that show a resignation...

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Fed Says Consumers See Higher-for-Longer Inflation

May 13, 2024
Consumers are girding for inflation to settle in over the long haul. But they intend to keep spending. As reported on Monday (May 13), the  Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data detailed that, per the April Survey of Consumer Expectations, inflation’s expected to be higher one year from now, slightly lower at the three year mark, […]

Consumer Sentiment Study Sees Jump in Inflation One Year Out

October 13, 2023
Consumers don’t think the pressures on the household budgets are going to abate anytime soon. And certainly not in the next year. The University of Michigan’s latest reading of consumer...

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New York Fed: Fewer Renters Expect to Ever Buy Home

May 06, 2024
Renters are less confident that they will ever own a home than they have been since the Federal Reserve Bank of New York began asking them about this prospect. The share of renters who expect to own a home dropped to 40.1% in the New York Fed’s 2024 SCE Housing Survey, which is 4.3 percentage points lower than […]

Vantiv Finds Millennial And Boomer Expectations Meet On Mobile

April 26, 2017
Living up to consumer expectations is difficult work these days for many reasons, not the least of which is that consumers are a fairly heterogeneous group of people with widely...