Updated: 28-Apr-26 10:19 ET

April Consumer Confidence

Updated: 28-Apr-26 10:19 ET

Highlights

• The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index increased to 92.8 in April (Briefing.com consensus: 89.2) from an upwardly revised 92.2 (from 91.8) in March.
• In the same period a year ago, the index stood at 85.7.

Key Factors

• The Present Situation Index dipped to 123.8 from 124.1.
• The Expectations Index rose to 72.2 from 71.0. That is the fifteenth straight reading below 80, which is a level that typically signals recession ahead.
• 12-month inflation expectations slipped to 6.1% from 6.2% in March.

Big Picture

• The key takeaway from the report is that consumer attitudes were helped in April by perceptions of the labor market and income expectations.

Category	APR	MAR	FEB	JAN	DEC
Conference Board	92.8	92.2	91.0	89.0	94.2
Expectations	72.2	71.0	72.6	67.2	74.6
Present Situation	123.8	124.1	118.7	121.8	123.6
Employment ('plentiful' less 'hard to get')	7.5	6.1	5.7	6.8	8.4
1 yr inflation expectations	6.1%	6.2%	5.5%	5.6%	5.4%