Consumer Confidence in the United States increased to 60.70 points in June from 52.20 points in May of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Consumer Sentiment - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The Great Recession was a period of economic contraction which came in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis of 2007-2008. The recession was triggered by the collapse of the U.S. housing market and subsequent bankruptcies among Wall Street financial institutions, the most significant of which being the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in September 2008, the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. These economic convulsions caused consumer confidence, measured by the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI), to drop sharply in 2007 and the beginning of 2008. How does the Consumer Confidence Index work? The CCI measures household's expectation of their future economic situation and, consequently, their likely future spending and savings decisions. A score of 100 in the index would indicate a neutral economic outlook, with consumers neither being optimistic nor pessimistic about the near future. Scores below 100 are then more pessimistic, while scores above 100 indicate optimism about the economy. Consumer confidence can have a self-fulfilling effect on the economy, as when consumers are pessimistic about the economy, they tend to save and postpone spending, contracting aggregate demand and causing the economy to slow down. Conversely, when consumers are optimistic and willing to spend, this can have a reinforcing effect as wages and employment may rise when consumers spend more. CCI and the Great Recession As the reality of the trouble which the U.S. financial sector was in set in over 2007, consumer confidence dropped sharply from being slightly positive, to being deeply pessimistic by the Summer of 2008. While confidence began to slowly rebound up until September 2008, with the panic caused by Lehman's bankruptcy and the freezing of new credit creation, the CCI plummeted once more, reaching its lowest point during the recession in February 2008. The U.S. government stepped in to prevent the bankruptcy of AIG in 2008, promising to do the same for any future possible failures in the financial system. This 'backstopping' policy, whereby the government assured that the economy would not be allowed to fall further into crisis, along with the Federal Reserve's unconventional monetary policies used to restart the economy, contributed to a rebound in consumer confidence in 2009 and 2010. In spite of this, consumers still remained pessimistic about the economy.

Consumer Confidence in China decreased to 87.50 points in March from 88.40 points in February of 2025. This dataset provides - China Consumer Confidence - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In April 2025, the index for consumer confidence in China ranged at **** points, up from **** points in the previous month. The index dropped considerably in the first half of 2022 and performed a sideways movement during 2023 and 2024. Consumer confidence Index The consumer confidence index (CCI), also called Index of Consumer Sentiment (ICS) is a commonly used indicator to measure the degree of economic optimism among consumers. Based on information about saving and spending activities of consumers, changes in business climate and future spending behavior are being projected. The CCI plays an important role for investors, retailers, and manufacturers in their decision-making processes. However, measurement of consumer confidence varies strongly from country to country. As consumers need time to react to economic changes, the CCI tends to lag behind other indicators like the consumer price index (CPI) and the producer price index (PPI). Development in China As shown by the graph at hand, confidence among Chinese consumers picked up since mid of 2016. In October 2017, the CCI hit a record value of 127.6 index points and entered into a sideward movement. Owing to a relative stability in GDP growth, a low unemployment rate, and a steady development of disposable household income, Chinese consumers gained more confidence in the state of the national economy. Those factors also contribute to the consumers’ spending power, which was reflected by a larger share of consumption in China’s GDP. After the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, consumer confidence dropped quickly in the beginning of 2020, but started to recover in the second half of the year, leading to a v-shaped movement of the index in 2020.

Consumer Confidence In the Euro Area decreased to -15.30 points in June from -15.10 points in May of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Euro Area Consumer Confidence - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Graph and download economic data for Consumer Opinion Surveys: Composite Consumer Confidence for China (CSCICP02CNM460S) from Jan 1990 to Apr 2025 about consumer sentiment, composite, China, and consumer.

The Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) of the United Kingdom was 98.9 in May 2025, compared with 98.7 in the previous month. Consumer confidence in the UK fell sharply from Summer 2021 onwards but recovered somewhat in late 2022.

The Index of Consumer Confidence is calculated by The Conference Board of Canada using a survey of four attitudinal questions posed to Canadian households. The index measures consumer optimism about the current economic environment and is an indicator of consumer product sales in the near term. The survey questions asked are related to household finances, business conditions, unemployment, inflation, income, government economic policy and whether or not it is a good time to buy or sell a house, automobile and/or major household items. The values presented in this report are annual figures, derived from monthly averages, and have a base year of 2014.

The consumer confidence index in Mexico reached 34.4 points in July 2020, which shows an increase of 2.4 points in relation to the previous consecutive month. On February 29, 2020 the first two cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) were reported in Mexico, leading authorities to take containment measures in the following weeks, which impacted various economic indicators.

Consumer Confidence in Australia increased to 95.90 points in March from 92.20 points in February of 2025. This dataset provides - Australia Consumer Confidence - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The uploaded dataset contains monthly time-series of the index numbers (base 2010) of the Italian current confidence indicator and the Italian future confidence indicator from January 2014 to March 2020. Each time series is composed of 75 values (72 valid data and 3 missing data for the time interval July 2017 – December 2017). The current confidence index measures the judgment of the present economic situation of Italy and families, current opportunity for saving and purchasing durable goods and family financial budget, on the other hand the future confidence index measures the expectation regarding the above-mentioned variables including unemployment. A joint assessment of both indexes can offer a very interesting interpretation referred to the optimistic (current index lower than the future one) or pessimistic (current index greater than the future one) state of the population. The source of these datasets is the official website of Italian Institute of Statistics (http://dati-congiuntura.istat.it/?lang=en&SubSessionId=c419585c-c3e5-4408-9423-14ce999a6dcd).

Consumer Confidence in Japan increased to 34.50 points in June from 32.80 points in May of 2025. This dataset provides - Japan Consumer Confidence - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Consumer Confidence in Finland decreased to -8.60 points in June from -8.40 points in May of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Finland Consumer Confidence - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

New Zealand Consumer Confidence Indicator: sa: Normalised data was reported at 97.531 Normal=100 in Sep 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 97.613 Normal=100 for Aug 2023. New Zealand Consumer Confidence Indicator: sa: Normalised data is updated monthly, averaging 100.088 Normal=100 from Jun 1988 (Median) to Sep 2023, with 424 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 101.838 Normal=100 in Jun 1994 and a record low of 97.140 Normal=100 in Dec 2022. New Zealand Consumer Confidence Indicator: sa: Normalised data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s New Zealand – Table NZ.OECD.MEI: Consumer Opinion Surveys: Seasonally Adjusted: OECD Member. The indicator measures consumers' opinions by combining their replies to five internationally standardised questions. The five questions asked cover consumers' personal financial position and expectations, national economic expectations (over the next 12 month and over the 5 next years) and attitudes to major purchases.

An economic indicator is a statistic about an economic activity, and they allow analysis of economic performance and predictions of current and future economic performance. The TX Comptroller’s Key Economic Indicators includes such measures for TX & the US employment and unemployment, consumer confidence, price inflation, housing data, etc.

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Consumer Confidence in Indonesia decreased to 117.50 points in May from 121.70 points in April of 2025. This dataset provides - Indonesia Consumer Confidence - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

****Dataset Overview**** This dataset contains historical macroeconomic data, featuring key economic indicators in the United States. It includes important metrics such as the Consumer Price Index (CPI), Retail Sales, Unemployment Rate, Industrial Production, Money Supply (M2), and more. The dataset spans from 1993 to the present and includes monthly data on various economic indicators, processed to show their rate of change (either percentage or absolute difference, depending on the indicator).

provenance

The data in this dataset is sourced from the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) database, hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. FRED provides access to a wide range of economic data, including key macroeconomic indicators for the United States. My work involved calculating the rate of change (ROC) for each indicator and reorganizing the data into a more usable format for analysis. For more information and access to the full database, visit FRED's website.

Purpose and Use for the Kaggle Community:

This dataset is a valuable resource for data scientists, economists, and analysts interested in understanding macroeconomic trends, performing time series analysis, or building predictive models. With the rate of change included, users can quickly assess the growth or contraction in these indicators month-over-month. This dataset can be used for:

• Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA): Understanding historical economic trends. -Time Series Forecasting: Building models to predict future economic conditions. -Macroeconomic Analysis: Analyzing the relationship between various economic indicators. -Machine Learning Projects: Using the data as features to predict financial or economic outcomes. -By utilizing this dataset, users can perform in-depth analysis on the impact of macroeconomic changes, compare the historical performance of various indicators, and experiment with different time series forecasting techniques.

****Column Descriptions****

Year: The year of the observation.

Month: The month of the observation (1-12).

Industrial Production: Monthly data on the total output of US factories, mines, and utilities.

Manufacturers' New Orders: Durable Goods: Measures the value of new orders placed with manufacturers for durable goods, indicating future production activity.

Consumer Price Index (CPIAUCSL): A measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services.

Unemployment Rate: The percentage of the total labor force that is unemployed but actively seeking employment.

Retail Sales: The total receipts of retail stores, indicating consumer spending and economic activity.

Producer Price Index: Measures the average change over time in the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.

Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE): A measure of the prices paid by consumers for goods and services, used in calculating inflation.

National Home Price Index: A measure of changes in residential real estate prices across the country.

All Employees, Total Nonfarm: The number of nonfarm payroll employees, an important indicator of the labor market.

Labor Force Participation Rate: The percentage of the working-age population that is either employed or actively looking for work.

Federal Funds Effective Rate: The interest rate at which depository institutions lend reserve balances to other depository institutions overnight.

Building Permits: The number of building permits issued for residential and non-residential buildings, a leading indicator of construction activity.

Money Supply (M2): The total money supply, including cash, checking deposits, and easily convertible near money.

Personal Income: The total income received by individuals from all sources, including wages, investments, and government transfers.

Trade Balance: The difference between a country's imports and exports, indicating the net trade flow.

Consumer Sentiment: The index reflecting consumer sentiment and expectations for the future economic outlook.

Consumer Confidence: A measure of how optimistic or pessimistic consumers are regarding their expected financial situation and the economy.

Notes on Interest Rates Please note that for the Federal Funds Effective Rate (FEDFUNDS), the dataset includes the absolute change in basis points (bps), not the rate of change. This means that the dataset reflects the direct change in the interest rate rather than the percentage change month-over-month. The change is represented in basis points, where 1 basis point equals 0.01%.

Mexico Consumer Confidence Indicator: sa: Normalised data was reported at 101.890 Normal=100 in Dec 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 101.990 Normal=100 for Nov 2023. Mexico Consumer Confidence Indicator: sa: Normalised data is updated monthly, averaging 100.021 Normal=100 from Apr 2001 (Median) to Dec 2023, with 273 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 102.352 Normal=100 in Feb 2019 and a record low of 96.891 Normal=100 in Jan 2017. Mexico Consumer Confidence Indicator: sa: Normalised data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mexico – Table MX.OECD.MEI: Consumer Opinion Surveys: Seasonally Adjusted: OECD Member. Data are compiled according to national definitions. The indicator measures households' opinions regarding their financial position, the actual and expected economic situation of the country and major purchases of consumer durables.

There is interest in using social media content to supplement or even substitute for survey data. O’Connor et al. (2010) report reasonably high correlations between the sentiment of tweets containing the word “jobs” and survey-based measures of consumer confidence in 2008-2009. Other researchers report a similar relationship through 2011 but after that time it is no longer observed, suggesting such tweets may not be as promising an alternative to survey responses as originally hoped. But, it’s possible that with the right analytic techniques, the sentiment of “jobs” tweets might still be an acceptable alternative. We explore this possibility by attempting to strengthen the original relationship and then extending the most successful approaches to more recent years. We classify “jobs” tweets into categories whose content is related to employment and categories whose content is not, to see if sentiment of the former correlates more highly with a survey-based measure of consumer sentiment. We use five sentiment-scoring tools, calculate daily sentiment three different ways, and use a measure of association less sensitive to outliers than correlation. None of these approaches improved the size of the relationship in the original or more recent data. We discuss the possibility that weighting and better understanding why users tweet might help recover the original relationship between the sentiment of tweets and survey responses. However, despite the earlier promise of tweets as an alternative to survey responses, we find no evidence that the original relationship was more than a chance occurrence.

Croatia Consumer Confidence Indicator: sa data was reported at -14.400 % in Apr 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of -13.700 % for Mar 2025. Croatia Consumer Confidence Indicator: sa data is updated monthly, averaging -17.200 % from May 2005 (Median) to Apr 2025, with 240 observations. The data reached an all-time high of -0.400 % in Jan 2020 and a record low of -42.700 % in Aug 2009. Croatia Consumer Confidence Indicator: sa data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Croatia – Table HR.OECD.MEI: Consumer Opinion Surveys: Seasonally Adjusted: Non OECD Member. [STAT_CONC_DEF] The sampling frame is the 2011 Census, with a size of 3.5 milion people, updated every 10 years. [STAT_CONC_DEF] As part of the Joint Harmonised EU Programme on Business and Consumer Surveys, the indicator measures consumers' opinions regarding consumption, income and general economic conditions by combining their replies to four questions describing households expectations with respect to their financial situation past, their financial situation future, the future general economic situation, major purchases over the 12 next months.A positive figure indicates an increase in consumer confidence (newly defined definition as of Jan 2019, see A revised Consumer Confidence Indicator for further details.)