Consumer Confidence Rises Even As Inflation Does, Too
While inflation expectations have improved, consumers still foresee a "substantial risk" that ... More inflation will jump in the future. Getty Images
A preliminary reading of the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment survey was 61.8, above June's reading of 60.7 and slightly above the Dow Jones estimate for 61.4, the strongest sentiment level since February (64.7).
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