Consumer sentiment has reached its highest level since July 2021, with consumers expecting improvements in both inflation and personal incomes. The index reached this level with a 13% month-over-month improvement in January, which was preceded by a 14% improvement in December, according to the University...
The confident consumer is a sector of the shopping industry that most merchants are likely hoping to increase spending and attitudes about the market. In today’s topsy-turvy arena, while retail undergoes its digital transformation, whether or not the confident consumer thrives is lingering on retailers’...
U.S. consumer confidence dipped slightly in August, according to preliminary results from the University of Michigan’s Survey of Consumers index of sentiment. The index dipped to a score of 92.9 in August, which was down slightly from July‘s figure of 93.1. According to a Bloomberg survey of economists, that index score was...
As predicted, rising gas prices and the spiral of bad weather brought down the consumer confidence level in March, according to the Surveys Of Consumers March report from the University of Michigan. Consumer optimism hit a 10-year peak in the first quarter of 2015, according to...
August 16, 2024
Consumer sentiment has remained fairly steady thus far in August, inching up 2.1% compared to the previous month and down 2.3% compared to August 2023. This is the fourth consecutive month in which sentiment remained about the same, according to preliminary results from the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. Consumers’ five-year economic outlook, on […]
February 02, 2024
Consumer sentiment has reached its highest level since July 2021, with consumers expecting improvements in both inflation and personal incomes. The index reached this level with a 13% month-over-month improvement...
August 17, 2015
U.S. consumer confidence dipped slightly in August, according to preliminary results from the University of Michigan’s Survey of Consumers index of sentiment. The index dipped to a score of 92.9 in August, which was down...
March 30, 2015
As predicted, rising gas prices and the spiral of bad weather brought down the consumer confidence level in March, according to the Surveys Of Consumers March report from the University of...
