US Consumer Sentiment Lowest in Near a Year

The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment fell to 95.3 in August from 97.9 in July, below expectations of 98. It is the lowest reading since September last year amid weaker assessments of buying conditions, mainly due to less favorable perceptions of market prices, preliminary estimates showed.

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GDPGDP YoYGDP QoQInterest rateInflation rateJobless rateGov. BudgetDebt/GDPCurrent AccountCurrencyPopulation
193912.80%4.10%2.00%2.90%3.90%-3.50%105.40%-2.4096.13325.72
125902.20%0.40%0.00%2.10%8.30%-0.90%86.70%3.501.14340.72
122386.70%1.80%4.35%2.10%3.83%-3.50%47.60%1.306.801390.08
48721.00%0.50%-0.10%0.70%2.40%-4.50%253.00%4.02110.48126.71
36772.00%0.50%0.00%2.00%3.40%1.30%64.10%8.001.1482.85
26221.30%0.40%0.75%2.50%4.00%-2.30%85.30%-4.101.2766.19
25977.70%1.90%6.50%4.17%3.52%-3.53%68.70%-1.9070.091283.60
25831.70%0.20%0.00%2.30%9.10%-2.60%97.00%-0.801.1467.19
20561.20%0.40%6.50%4.48%12.40%-7.80%74.04%-0.483.91207.66
19351.10%0.20%0.00%1.50%10.90%-2.30%131.80%2.801.1460.48
16532.30%0.30%1.50%3.00%5.80%-0.90%89.60%-3.001.3136.96
15781.80%0.85%7.25%2.50%4.70%-1.50%12.60%2.2067.02146.88
15312.90%0.70%1.50%1.50%3.80%-2.00%38.00%5.601127.1451.45
13233.10%1.00%1.50%2.10%5.30%-1.90%41.90%-3.100.7324.70
13112.70%0.60%0.00%2.20%15.30%-3.10%98.30%1.901.1446.66
11502.70%-0.10%7.75%4.81%3.40%-2.90%46.40%-1.6018.88123.52
10165.27%4.21%5.50%3.18%5.13%-2.50%28.70%-1.7014605.00261.90
8517.40%2.00%17.75%15.85%9.70%-1.50%28.30%-5.505.8580.81
8262.90%0.70%0.00%2.10%3.80%1.10%56.70%10.201.1417.12
6841.15%-0.05%2.50%2.10%6.10%-8.90%17.20%2.203.7532.61
6792.20%0.60%-0.75%1.20%2.40%1.20%29.70%9.801.008.48
6383.60%1.10%45.00%31.20%9.10%-3.90%57.10%-4.8029.8344.05
5383.30%1.00%-0.50%2.10%7.20%1.30%40.60%3.209.1510.12
5303.30%0.80%1.38%1.75%3.68%-1.40%31.20%14.7030.7123.57
5255.10%0.90%1.50%2.00%5.90%-1.70%50.60%0.303.7537.98
4931.30%0.30%0.00%2.17%6.00%-1.00%103.10%-0.201.1411.41
482-13.20%6.80%20.81%82766.00%7.30%-20.00%23.00%2.00248520.9031.43
4554.80%2.00%1.50%1.46%1.10%-2.70%41.80%10.6033.1666.19
4402.70%18.00%13.70%12.10%-2.20%32.10%4.2642000.0080.90
4172.30%0.70%0.00%2.10%6.90%-0.70%78.40%1.901.148.82
3990.30%0.60%0.50%3.00%3.80%4.40%36.20%5.108.435.30
3830.80%0.80%2.25%3.30%1.72%-2.60%20.70%6.903.679.40
3761.94%-13.40%14.00%11.14%18.80%-5.10%21.30%2.00305.10190.89
3514.00%0.50%0.10%1.40%3.90%-2.15%60.90%4.103.668.81
3490.80%-2.20%6.50%4.60%27.20%-4.60%53.10%-2.5014.6456.52
3413.50%-0.20%2.25%2.40%2.80%2.20%38.40%4.207.857.41
3349.10%-0.60%0.00%0.80%5.10%-0.30%68.00%12.501.144.84
325-0.60%0.40%-0.65%1.10%3.90%1.00%36.40%7.906.525.78
3243.90%0.60%1.73%0.60%2.10%0.30%110.60%19.501.375.61
3154.50%0.30%3.25%0.80%3.40%-3.00%50.90%1.304.1132.05
3146.00%1.30%4.00%5.70%5.50%-2.20%42.10%-0.8053.28104.90
3092.80%0.60%4.25%3.12%9.10%-3.00%48.50%-3.303031.0049.29
3055.79%4.71%7.50%5.83%5.90%-5.80%67.20%-5.30122.86200.16
2774.20%1.20%2.50%2.70%7.20%-2.80%23.60%-1.50667.4718.37
2522.90%0.50%0.00%1.40%6.70%-0.60%61.40%0.701.145.51
2507.30%7.30%6.75%5.51%4.20%-4.80%27.10%-2.6083.68161.80
2355.40%5.40%16.75%13.50%9.90%-9.50%101.20%-6.5017.9096.20
2246.79%7.38%6.25%4.46%2.01%-3.50%61.50%2.9023312.0095.50
2182.30%0.50%0.00%1.60%6.70%-3.00%125.70%0.501.1410.29