Author: Oliver Edelmann

After a slight uptick last period, economic sentiment fell again over the past two weeks, declining 0.5 points to 40.5, according to the HPS-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI). This reading marks the second-lowest in ESI history, following its all-time low of 40.1 last month.  Click here to view image. This week’s reading indicates a divergence… Continue reading Consumer Sentiment Remains Near Historic Low

Overall consumer economic sentiment dropped 1.4 points to 40.1, according to the HPS-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI), tying with March 2020 for the lowest recording in ESI history. Click here to view image. Confidence in making a major purchase fell drastically, declining 6.2 points to an all-time low of 25.1, amid supply chain problems that… Continue reading Consumer Economic Sentiment Collapses To Historic Low

Overall consumer economic sentiment dropped 1.3 points to 41.5, according to the HPS-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI), the second-lowest recording in ESI history behind March 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic began. This week’s decline was driven by falling confidence in all five ESI indicators, including confidence in the overall U.S. economy, which hit its lowest… Continue reading With No End In Sight To COVID-19, Economic Sentiment Continues to Decline With Confidence In Overall U.S. Economy Reaching Historic Low

Over the past two weeks, economic sentiment slumped to its lowest reading since April 2020, with the HPS-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) declining 2.3 points to 42.9. Overall confidence in the U.S. economy sank dramatically, driving the decline along with record-low confidence in the housing market and near record-low confidence in making a major purchase.… Continue reading Consumer Confidence Hits Lowest Point Since April 2020

Economic sentiment eked out a positive gain over the past two weeks, amid questions surrounding inflation, vaccination rates, and new mask mandates. The HPS-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) added 0.2 points, driven mostly by a recovery in sentiment towards making a major purchase. Click here to view image. The ESI’s five indicators diverged substantially over… Continue reading Economic Sentiment Nudges Upward

Overall economic sentiment fell again over the last two weeks, according to the HPS-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI), dropping 1.4 points to 48.7. While job market confidence increased another 1.5 points to 60.5, an all-time high for the third reading in a row, housing market confidence tumbled 2.6 points to 35.8, a record low for… Continue reading Consumer Confidence In The Job And Housing Markets Continue To Diverge With Record-Setting Readings

Economic sentiment climbed 1.8 points to 51.4, its highest reading in a year, according to the HPS-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI). Over the two week period that marked the passage of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARPA), consumer confidence rose to its highest level since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on… Continue reading Highest Economic Sentiment Since The Pandemic Declaration

Overall economic sentiment fell during the first two weeks of February 2021, declining 0.3 points to a reading of 47.4, according to the HPS-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI). As Congressional debates over additional stimulus continue, wariness about the overall U.S. economy outweighed Americans’ boost in confidence in their personal finances and the job market. Click… Continue reading Economic Sentiment Continues Its 2021 Rut

Economic sentiment held flat over the past two weeks, maintaining a reading of 47.7, according to the HPS-Civic Science Economic Sentiment Index (ESI). Despite bumps in confidence in the job market and U.S. economy, the reading was weighed down by a significant decline in Americans’ confidence in their personal finances. Three of the ESI’s five… Continue reading Economic Sentiment Plateaus In The First Full Reading Of The Biden Administration