How Do Americans View The Economy?

Our Consumer Sentiment Index, which is used in our election forecasts.

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About the index

• 🔃 April 2nd, 8:33 AM: Another dip in the CSI last week as the UMich final survey for March came in at 57, revised down from 57.9, bringing our index down to -7.3.

• A positive value should indicate that Americans are confident in the economy and feel good about spending, while a negative value indicates consumer concerns.

• Our aggregate index uses three independent indices and applies a weighted average to output a final value:

  • The University of Michigan’s Survey of Consumers CSI (Next Update - 4/11)

  • The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Survey CCI (Next Update - 4/29)

  • Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index (Next Update - TBD?)

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