United States Consumer Sentiment

2026-01-30 All day

Release Calendar 2025

Final Results for October 2025

⛔️UMich Consumer #Sentiment relapsed in August amid new tariff announcements & higher expected inflation — across age, income & stock wealth groups

🔻Sentiment: -5.7%
🔻Current Conditions -9.3%
🔻Expectations -3.1%

⚠️”Perceptions of many aspects of the economy slipped” pic.twitter.com/4wYXLRPfAN

— Gregory Daco (@GregDaco) August 29, 2025

The University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (MCSI) is released twice a month:

Preliminary Report – Released mid-month (usually the second Friday of the month).
Final Report – Released at the end of the month (usually the fourth Friday of the month).

Both reports are published at 10:00 AM Eastern Time (ET).

Consumer sentiment down amid disagreements on new government policies

Consumer sentiment fell for the first time in six months, edging down 4% from December.

While assessments of personal finances inched up for the fifth consecutive month, both the short- and long-run business… pic.twitter.com/r2mPTc5XiO

— Michigan News (@UMichiganNews) January 24, 2025

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