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If Americans Are So Miserable About the Economy, Someone Explain These Numbers

Confidence Slips (Way) Below Consensus

Conference Board index registers 81.9 vs consensus 89.2 (and previous 88.6). It’s currently three standard deviations below mean. Figure 1: U.Michigan Economic Sentiment, using Cum...

Argentina’s poverty rises to 32 percent under Milei with more pain forecast

A 4.1-percentage-point rise in poverty in the first half of 2026 could be bad news for Milei's re-election bid.

Sentiment Declines as Inflation Expectations Rise

From U.Michigan, preliminary results for September: Figure 1: U.Michigan Consumer Sentiment, adjusted using Cummings-Tedeschi correction (blue, left scale), expected 1 year inflati...

U.Mich. Sentiment Down (Again)

Preliminary at 46.3 < 47.5 Bloomberg consensus with expectations above consensus, and current conditions below. Here’s a picture of indicators, using the Cummings-Tedeschi adjus...

Bond Yields: Two Pictures

Over 5.2%: Part of the reason?   Source: NABE Policy Survey, 28 Sep 26. Who would’a thunk a massive tax cut, open ended war, and slamming the economy with mass deportation, tariffs...

US October UMich prelim consumer sentiment 46.3 vs 47.8 expected

Prior was 48.1Current conditions 44.7  vs 51.0 expExpectations 47.3  vs 45.5 expOne-year inflation 4.7% vs 4.6% priorFive-year inflation 3.5% vs 3.4% priorThis report used to be a...

Ranked: Inflation vs. Consumer Confidence by Country

Argentina and TГјrkiye have among the highest inflation rates worldwide. No wonder both countries' citizens lack confidence in their finances.

Americans' view of the economy sinks to the lowest level since 2014, Conference Board survey says

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ confidence in the economy sank to the lowest level in more than a decade this month as prices remain elevated and wages stagnate am...

U.S. consumer sentiment has just sank to its second-lowest level on record

U.S. consumer sentiment sank in September to its second-lowest level on record as soaring gasoline prices darkened Americans’ view of the economy. The University of Michigan’s inde...

UMich final October final consumer sentiment 48.0 vs 46.3 expected

Prior was 46.3Prelim was 48.1Current conditions 46.7 vs 50.9 priorExpectations 48.4 vs 46.3 prior1-year inflation 4.7% vs 4.7% prior5 -year inflation 3.5% vs 3.5% priorThis indicat...

In Michigan, consumer sentiment is pessimistic before midterms

Due to high fuel and housing costs, and wages that aren't keeping pace with inflation, consumer sentiment is lower than at almost any other time in modern history. CBS News spoke w...

Consumer Sentiment Falls Amid Rising Inflation Worries and Looming Midterms

Consumer sentiment fell in September as surging fuel prices fuel inflation fears and looming midterm elections have dimmed the economic outlook for both Republicans and Democrats....

US consumer sentiment near record low ahead of midterm elections

U.S. consumer sentiment edged down to near a record low in October as rising prices because of the Middle East conflict soured households' views of the economy on the doorstep of m...

Consumer confidence hits 12-year low as prices squeeze voters weeks before midterms

Consumer confidence fell to 81.9 in September, its lowest level since 2014, according to the Conference Board.

Univ of Michigan final sentiment index for August 51.7 vs 51.0 estimate

Preliminary estimate 51.0 Consumer sentiment 51.7 vs 51.0 estimate. Prior 55.2Current conditions 51.9 versus 51.8 estimate. Preliminary 51.8. Prior 54.8.Expectations 51.5 versus 50...