Surveys of Consumers

As of early Friday, the University of Michigan announced the preliminary results for October’s Surveys of Consumers. What Happened: The index for consumer sentiment and current economic conditions slightly rose by 2% and 9.4% month-over-month, respectively. This can be attributed to a 23%...

Since the University of Michigan released the August preliminary results for consumer sentiment, the index has increased to be better than expected as the final results were announced earlier Friday. The Data: The final results for the consumer sentiment index for August increased 13% since July,...