Sentence examples for consumer sentiment has from inspiring English sources

Consumer sentiment has taken a dive.

Business and consumer sentiment has slowed.

The University of Michigan's index of consumer sentiment has risen sharply since August.

With volatility spiking, the University of Michigan's survey reading of consumer sentiment has been plunging.

Consumer sentiment has taken a distinct negative turn in recent months.

Unemployment has dropped from 7.9% to 7.2%, and consumer sentiment has turned positive for the first time since 2007.

Business and consumer sentiment have deteriorated, and unemployment is stuck at just below 10 percent.

Consumer sentiment had been expected to improve, at least according to one gauge.

"Business and consumer sentiment have shown signs of softening, measures of financial fragility remain elevated and there is great uncertainty about the outlook for both the U.S. and our most important trading partner, the euro area".

Retailing analysts said last month's results looked good largely because they were being compared with the weak results of January 2009, not necessarily because consumer sentiment had turned a corner.

Although there was a sense of relief that the economy had not fallen off a cliff — the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index started the week plunging nearly 6.7 percent — there was little to celebrate as new data showed consumer sentiment had sunk below levels seen during the financial crisis three years ago.