Final value of the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index for May

University of Michigan announced the Final value of the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index for May on 2025-05-30. The reported figure stands at 52.2, against a forecast of 51, with the prior figure recorded as 50.8.

Regarding the Final value of the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index for May, Actual value > expected value = bullish for the dollar, Researchers at the University of Michigan in the United States used original survey data from 500 to 600 adults to calculate seasonally adjusted consumer confidence, current conditions index (including current financial situation and purchasing conditions), and expected index (including expectations for financial and economic conditions over the next year and five years). For the purpose of index calculation, the researchers set the results of the first quarter of 1966 as 100. The University of Michigan Consumer Confidence Index is more closely correlated with consumer spending. If consumer confidence rises, the bond market sees it as bearish, causing prices to fall; the stock market typically views it as bullish. The exchange rate of the dollar usually seeks hints from the Federal Reserve; if consumer confidence rises, it indicates consumption growth and a strengthening economy, which may lead the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates, and the dollar would strengthen accordingly.

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