You’d have to go back to the last few seismic shocks to the U.S. economy — the pandemic and the Great Recession — to find...
The push and pull of various pressures — inflation, tariffs and worries about the general state of affairs — has shown up in several economic...
Concerns that tariffs will lead to higher prices drove a 9.8% decline in consumer sentiment in February, according to the University of Michigan’s Surveys of...
Consumer sentiment dropped about 5% in February, falling to its lowest level since July, according to preliminary results for the University of Michigan’s February Surveys...
Consumer sentiment edged down 4% in January, marking the first decline in six months, according to the final results for the University of Michigan’s January...
Consumers expect to see higher inflation in the year ahead and in the long run, according to preliminary results for the University of Michigan’s January...
Now’s the time to buy — because everything might get more expensive, sooner rather than later. To that end, the latest edition of the University of...
Consumers are feeling a bit more positive, notably about “buying conditions,” as shown in the latest release from the University of Michigan’s Survey of Consumers....
Consumer sentiment inched down in early October amid continued frustration over the prices of goods and services. While it dipped a “meager” 1.7% or 1.2...