Sentiment Declines

Menzie Chinn
By Menzie Chinn of Econbrowser.com
Professor of Public Affairs and Economics at the University of Wisconsin •

This article notes that U. Michigan's economic sentiment index was revised downward and that expectations among consumers and confidence measures have also slipped.

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U.Michigan index revised down from preliminary.
 

Figure 1: U.Michigan Economic Sentiment (blue), Conference Board Confidence Index (brown), Gallup Confidence (green), all demeaned and divided by standard deviation 2021M01-2025m02. Source: UMichigan, Gallup, Conference Board, and author’s calculations.


Expectations also fell.

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