June Mich Sentiment
Updated 26-Jun-09 10:05 ET
Highlights
Key Factors
Big Picture
- Sentiment readings are a reflection of a variety of events rather than an accurate tool for forecasting consumer spending. Gas prices and political events can have an outsized impact on sentiment. In general, these data are of very little economic value.
| Category |
JUN |
MAY |
APR |
MAR |
FEB |
| Sentiment |
70.8 |
68.7 |
65.1 |
57.3 |
56.3 |
| Outlook |
69.2 |
69.4 |
63.1 |
53.5 |
50.5 |
| Present conditions |
73.2 |
67.7 |
68.3 |
63.3 |
65.5 |
