APRIL 21, 2025 – CONSUMER SENTIMENT DATA RELEASE FRIDAY
A number of Federal Reserve Presidents are scheduled to speak this week. But with all the uncertainty, they will not be able to give any definitive insight into the future. Instead, the focus this week will be on Friday, when the University of Michigan’s Sentiment Index will be released. This will be the final reading for April and will give an indication how consumers are feeling about the economy, their inflation expectations and how comfortable they are spending money.
The data is released twice a month, and the mid-April readings showed a significant decline from March, as recession fears emerged. That report showed inflation expectations jumped to 6.7 percent from 5 percent in March, the highest since 1981.