Markets, as always, are focusing on what they can most easily quantify — the oil price. The consensus, which seems sensible ...

Despite easing inflation and macroeconomic issues, U.S. consumer optimism rose by 15.9% from May's index of 52.2 to 60.5, the ...

Consumer sentiment increased in June for the first time in six months, the latest sign that Americans’ views of the economy ...

Pessimistic readings from the University of Michigan survey are at odds with economic trends. A change in methodology may be ...

Joanne Hsu, the director and chief economist of the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey, said the survey saw a ...

A new survey released Friday, June 13, by the University of Michigan shows consumer sentiment surged 16% this month. That’s ...

The preliminary University of Michigan reading was up for first time in six months.

Consumer sentiment has improved for the first time in six months, according to the latest sentiment survey results from the University of Michigan. The results offered a preliminary loo ...

Still, survey results show “consumers remain guarded and concerned about the trajectory of the economy,” a University of ...