Updated: 25-Aug-26 10:44 ET

August Consumer Confidence

Updated: 25-Aug-26 10:44 ET

Highlights

• The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index decreased to 89.4 in August (Briefing.com consensus 90.6) from 90.2 in July.
• In the same period a year ago, the index stood at 97.8.

Key Factors

• The Present Situation Index rose to 121.2 from 114.4.
• The Expectations Index fell to 68.2 from 74.0.
• 12-month inflation expectations rose to 5.8% from 5.6%.

Big Picture

• The key takeaway from the report is that the overall decrease in sentiment was owed to another worsening in the Expectations Index, which was somewhat offset by a rebound in the Present Situation Index after three months of deterioration.

Category	AUG	JUL	JUN	MAY	APR
Conference Board	89.4	90.2	92.2	90.6	93.8
Expectations	68.2	74.0	74.7	71.4	73.4
Present Situation	121.2	114.4	118.5	119.4	124.4
Employment ('plentiful' less 'hard to get')	7.5	2.7	3.8	5.0	7.5
1 yr inflation expectations	5.8%	5.6%	5.9%	6.2%	6.2%