Consumer sentiment rose in June for 1st time this year as inflation remains stayed tame
Jun 13, 2025, 7:18 AM
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WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� Consumer sentiment increased in June for the first time in six months, the latest sign that Americans鈥� views of the economy have improved as inflation has stayed tame and the Trump administration has reached a truce in its trade fight with China.
The preliminary reading of the University of Michigan鈥檚 closely watched consumer sentiment index, , jumped 16% to 60.5. The large increase followed steady drops that left the preliminary number last month at the second-lowest level in the nearly 75-year history of the survey. Consumer sentiment is still down 20% compared with December 2024.
鈥淐onsumers appear to have settled somewhat from the shock of the extremely high tariffs announced in April and the policy volatility seen in the weeks that followed,鈥� Joanne Hsu, director of the survey, said in a written statement. 鈥淗owever, consumers still perceive wide-ranging downside risks to the economy.鈥�
Americans have largely taken a darker view of the economy鈥檚 future after President Donald Trump unleashed a wide-ranging trade war, imposing steep tariffs on China, the European Union, and dozens of other countries. Yet in April Trump postponed a set of sweeping tariffs on about 60 nations and last month reached a temporary truce with China, after both sides had sharply ratcheted up tariffs on each other.
U.S. duties remain elevated compared with historical levels, but so far they have not worsened overall inflation.
