United States Consumer Confidence

Last Release

Apr 30, 2025

Actual

50.8

Units In

Points

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Apr 25, 2025

Time to Release

13 Days 10 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
111.4 Jan 2000	50 Jun 2022	85.08 Points	1952-2025	University of Michigan

The Index of Consumer Expectations focuses on three areas: how consumers view prospects for their own financial situation, how they view prospects for the general economy over the near term, and their view of prospects for the economy over the long term. Each monthly survey contains approximately 50 core questions, each of which tracks a different aspect of consumer attitudes and expectations. The samples for the Surveys of Consumers are statistically designed to be representative of all American households, excluding those in Alaska and Hawaii. Each month, a minimum of 500 interviews are conducted by telephone.

Latest Updates

The University of Michigan consumer sentiment for the US plunged to 50.8 in April 2025, the lowest level since June 2022 from 57 in March, well below forecasts of 54.5, preliminary estimates showed. Consumer sentiment fell for the fourth straight month, and has now lost more than 30% since December 2024 amid growing worries about trade war developments that have oscillated over the course of the year. Consumers report multiple warning signs that raise the risk of recession: expectations for business conditions, personal finances, incomes, inflation, and labor markets all continued to deteriorate this month. The gauge for current economic conditions declined to 56.5 from 53.8 and the index measuring expectations fell to 47.2, the lowest since May 1980, from 52.6. Meanwhile, year-ahead inflation expectations surged to 6.7%, the highest reading since 1981, from 5%. The five-year expectations gauge edged up to 4.4% from 4.1%.