Michigan Consumer Sentiment: release dates, results and history
Michigan Consumer Sentiment last printed 46.3 on Fri, Oct 9, 2026 against a 47.6 consensus forecast and a 48.1 prior, a -0.62 standard-deviation surprise. The next release is Friday, October 23, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET. Captured live by Helious the moment it printed.
The sentiment headline is the secondary number here. What the market actually trades are the inflation expectations inside the same report, the 1-year and the 5-10-year series. The Fed watches both for signs that expectations are coming loose, what it calls de-anchoring, and Powell has cited them at press conferences. If you only look at one of the two releases, look at the preliminary. The final revision rarely says anything the first one did not.
Printed below forecast. That gap is 0.62 times the size of a normal gap for this indicator.
The trend
OFFICIAL SERIES · LAST 36 OBSERVATIONS · INDEX
79.462.144.8
2023-092026-08
The official published series at its current vintage, revisions included, so the newest point can differ from the number as first printed. The release-by-release history, with the consensus forecast and standard-deviation surprise on every row, comes through the Helious API.
How it moves Treasuries
If inflation expectations jump, Treasuries sell off, and it does not matter what the sentiment headline did that month. A real de-anchoring scare does its damage at the long end. Soft expectations work the other way and support the bid. See it scored live on the Helious desk,
or read how the standard-deviation surprise is computed.
The 6 most recent prints from the desk's live capture, which began in July 2026, so what you see here is a sample rather than the whole record. Every row links the print page published the moment that number landed, and the full graded history is served by the API.
Official series history
PERIOD
VALUE (INDEX)
PRIOR
CHANGE
51.7
55.2
-3.5
55.2
49.5
+5.7
49.5
44.8
+4.7
44.8
49.8
-5
49.8
53.3
-3.5
53.3
56.6
-3.3
56.6
56.4
+0.2
56.4
52.9
+3.5
These are the most recent official
rows, and the chart above draws the longer series behind them. The desk-captured prints higher up
the page carry the consensus forecast and the standard-deviation surprise as they stood the moment
each number landed.
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FAQ
What was the latest Michigan Consumer Sentiment print?
Michigan Consumer Sentiment last printed 46.3 on Fri, Oct 9, 2026 against a 47.6 consensus forecast and a 48.1 prior, a -0.62 standard-deviation surprise. The next release is Friday, October 23, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET. Captured live by Helious the moment it printed.
When is the next Michigan Consumer Sentiment release?
The next Michigan Consumer Sentiment release is Friday, October 23, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET. Helious posts the print, the surprise against consensus and a verdict the second it lands.
Was the latest Michigan Consumer Sentiment print a beat or a miss?
It printed below the consensus forecast: 46.3 against 47.6, a -0.62 standard-deviation surprise. The standard deviation is measured against this indicator's own history of consensus misses, so the same gap means more on a series that rarely surprises.
