Your Weekly Journal, August 14, 2023
CONSUMER SENTIMENT IS A LAGGING INDICATOR. IT’S ALSO A CONTRARIAN INDICATOR
After rising sharply in June and July, consumer sentiment leveled off this month. The preliminary August reading for the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index was 71.2. That’s slightly below July’s reading, although it’s up 22.3 percent year-over-year, and up 42 percent from its all-time low of 50 (June 2022). The historic average for the Index is 86.