{"id":261156,"date":"2024-09-28T20:29:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T20:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/28\/consumer-sentiment-and-expectations-revd-in-september\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:11:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:11:05","slug":"consumer-sentiment-and-expectations-revd-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/28\/consumer-sentiment-and-expectations-revd-in-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumer Sentiment and Expectations (Rev\u2019d) in September"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Upward revisions for both indices from University of Michigan Survey of Consumers:<\/p>\n

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Figure 1:<\/strong> University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment for Democrats (blue, left scale), for Independents (gray, left scale), for Republicans (red, left scale),\u00a0 Shapiro, Sudhof and Wilson (2020)<\/a> Daily News Sentiment Index (green, right scale). The News Index observation for September is through 9\/22\/2024. Source: U.Mich<\/a>, SF Fed<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Even Republicans\/lean Republicans are looking more upbeat about the future in September:<\/p>\n

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Figure 2:<\/strong> University of Michigan Consumer Expectations for Democrats (blue), for Independents (gray), for Republicans (red). Source: U.Mich<\/a>, SF Fed<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

However, by far the biggest change is for Democratic\/lean Democratic since July (up 12.3 points).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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