Survey of Consumer Sentiment
Market Sensitivity: Medium, but can be high at turning points in the economy.
What Is It: Near-real-time assessment of consumer attitudes on the business climate, personal finance, and shopping.
News Release on Internet: www.sca.isr.umich.edu/press-release.php
Home Web Address: www.sca.isr.umich.edu/main.php
Release Time: 9:45 A.M. (ET); preliminary numbers are released on the second Friday of each month. Final figures come out the last Friday of the same month.
Frequency: Semi-monthly.
Source: Survey Research Center, University of Michigan.
Revisions: Low. Preliminary numbers, out mid-month, are revised two weeks later.
Why Is It Important
This is the granddaddy of all consumer attitude surveys. Since 1946, the ...
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