Updated: 27-Oct-26 10:30 ET

October Consumer Confidence

Updated: 27-Oct-26 10:30 ET

Highlights

• The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index increased to 91.7 in October (Briefing.com consensus: 80.5) from an upwardly revised 84.2 (from 81.9) in September.
• In the same period a year ago, the index stood at 95.5.

Key Factors

• The Present Situation Index jumped to 120.4 from 111.8.
• The Expectations Index increased to 72.6 from 65.7.
• 12-month inflation expectations dropped to 5.8% from 6.0%.

Big Picture

• The key takeaway from the report is that the improvement in confidence was rooted in both the present situation and expectations indexes, which coincided with an easing in gas prices.

Category	OCT	SEP	AUG	JUL	JUN
Conference Board	91.7	84.2	88.6	90.2	92.2
Expectations	72.6	65.7	69.5	74.0	74.7
Present Situation	120.4	111.8	117.2	114.4	118.5
Employment ('plentiful' less 'hard to get')	5.3	2.9	4.2	2.7	3.8
1 yr inflation expectations	5.8%	6.0%	5.8%	5.6%	5.9%