U.S. consumer confidence index ticks up slightly for June
Key takeaways
- U.S. consumer confidence index ticks up slightly for June U.S.
- The reading, a gain of 0.6 points over May's downwardly revised 90.6, fell short of forecasts.
- "Consumer confidence inched up in June as falling oil prices in recent weeks provided some relief to consumer inflation fears," Dana M.
U.S. consumer confidence index ticks up slightly for June U.S. consumer confidence index ticks up slightly for June · Quartz · Spencer Platt / Getty Images Cris Tolomia Tue, June 30, 2026 at 10:07 PM GMT+7 2 min read Consumer sentiment improved slightly in June, with the Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index ticking up to 91.2 as relief from cheaper oil tempered but did not overcome growing unease about the job market.
The reading, a gain of 0.6 points over May's downwardly revised 90.6, fell short of forecasts. Economists had expected a reading of 94.2, according to The Wall Street Journal. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists was 94.4.
"Consumer confidence inched up in June as falling oil prices in recent weeks provided some relief to consumer inflation fears," Dana M. Peterson, chief economist at The Conference Board, said in a statement. Consumers' write-in responses on factors affecting the economy skewed toward pessimism, though references to prices, oil and gas, and geopolitical conflict eased in frequency, the Conference Board said.