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Economic Data Brief |
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Consumer sentiment
Consumer Confidence Index — August 2026
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| Consumer Confidence Index fell by 0.8 pts in August 2026 to 89.4, −8.4 pts from a year ago. Prior month: 90.2. | |
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Confidence
89.4
▼ −0.8 pts m/m
· −8.4 pts y/y
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Present situation
121.2
▲ +6.8 pts m/m
· −11.2 pts y/y
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Expectations
68.2
▼ −5.8 pts m/m
· −6.5 pts y/y
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| 1 hand-entered field is still blank in manual/consumer-confidence.json (12-month inflation expectations). Those rows read “data not available”. |
Revision check| Revision check clear. Prior periods were checked against the values in the last report — no revisions found. All changes below are computed on current-vintage data. |
Key figures| Headline → | August 2026 | July 2026 | M/M chg | M/M % | Y/Y chg | Y/Y % | 12-period trend |
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| Consumer Confidence Index 1985=100 | 89.4 | 90.2 | ▼ −0.8 pts | ▼ −0.9% | ▼ −8.4 pts | ▼ −8.6% | | | Present Situation Index | 121.2 | 114.4 | ▲ +6.8 pts | ▲ +5.9% | ▼ −11.2 pts | ▼ −8.5% | | | Expectations Index | 68.2 | 74.0 | ▼ −5.8 pts | ▼ −7.8% | ▼ −6.5 pts | ▼ −8.7% | | | Trend bars show the level over the last 13 periods; the latest period is highlighted. |
What stood out- The 5.9% monthly gain in Present Situation Index is the biggest since October 2024.
Full detailShow every category and subcategory| Full detail — labor differential and expectations → | August 2026 | July 2026 | M/M chg | M/M % | Y/Y chg | Y/Y % |
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| Jobs 'plentiful' share | 27.0% | 24.4% | ▲ +2.6 pp | — | ▪ — | — | | Jobs 'hard to get' share | 19.5% | 21.7% | ▼ −2.2 pp | — | ▪ — | — | | Labor differential | 7.5 | 2.7 | ▲ +4.8 pts | ▲ +177.8% | ▪ — | — | | 12-month inflation expectations | data not available |
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Economic Impact Group, LLC
Economic research for developing communities
Prepared 2026-08-26 19:27 UTC. Green marks an
increase, red a decrease — direction only, not good or bad.
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