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Consumer sentiment

University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment — June 2026

Released August 3, 2026 · University of Michigan · full release · charts & history on EconomicsGuru
Consumer sentiment index rose 10.5% in June 2026 to 49.5, −18.5% from a year ago. Prior month: 44.8.
Sentiment
49.5
▲ +10.5% m/m
· −18.5% y/y
1-yr inflation exp.
4.6%
▼ −0.2 pp m/m
· −0.4 pp y/y
3 hand-entered fields are still blank in manual/umich.json (Current economic conditions, Index of consumer expectations, Inflation expectations, 5-10 years). 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 →June 2026May 2026M/M chgM/M %Y/Y chgY/Y %12-period trend
Consumer sentiment index
1966 Q1=100, NSA
49.544.8▲ +4.7 pts▲ +10.5%▼ −11.2 pts▼ −18.5%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Inflation expectations, next 12 months4.6%4.8%▼ −0.2 pp▼ −0.4 pp
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trend bars show the level over the last 13 periods; the latest period is highlighted.

What stood out

  • The 10.5% monthly gain in Consumer sentiment index is the biggest since June 2025.

Full detail

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Full detail — components (hand-entered) →June 2026May 2026M/M chgM/M %Y/Y chgY/Y %
Current economic conditionsdata not available
Index of consumer expectationsdata not available
Inflation expectations, 5-10 yearsdata not available

Sources

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Prepared 2026-08-03 13:19 UTC. Green marks an increase, red a decrease — direction only, not good or bad.