American households felt a bit better about the economy in December compared with the previous month, according to a monthly index of consumer sentiment from the University of Michigan. A preliminary ...

US consumer sentiment improved slightly in December, even as Americans grappled with a frozen job market and rising prices. The overall preliminary sentiment reading compiled by the University of ...

US consumer sentiment rose for the first time in five months, bolstered by a more optimistic outlook for personal finances as inflation expectations improved. The preliminary December sentiment index ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment improved in early December, but worries about high prices and the labor market persisted, a survey showed on Friday. The University of Michigan's ...

The headline University of Michigan (UM) consumer sentiment index ticked up to 53.3 in early December 2025, from 51.0 in November. Inflation expectations among households fell: the expected rate over ...

The Daily News Sentiment Index is a high frequency measure of economic sentiment based on lexical analysis of economics-related news articles. The index is described in Buckman, Shapiro, Sudhof, and ...

December’s preliminary Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index is forecast to have picked up to 52 from a three-year low of 51.0 in November A stalled labour market and higher price pressures are likely to ...

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