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Consumer Sentiment Reaches Record Low

47% of consumers blame inflation for “eroding their living standards.”

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2 years ago

July 1, 2022

PETS+ Staff

Amid inflation worries and a considerable interest-rate hike from the Fed, consumer sentiment dropped to a new low in the University of Michigan survey which tracks it.

The index for June fell to 50, a steep decline from the 58.4 reading that was registered in May.

“Inflation continued to be of paramount concern to consumers; 47% of consumers blamed inflation for eroding their living standards, just one point shy of the all-time high last reached during the Great Recession,” Joanne Hsu, Director of the University of Michigan’s Survey of Consumers, wrote in her synopsis of the results.

Those surveyed expect year-ahead inflation of 5.3%. Expected long-run inflation is 3.1%.

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