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Consumer Sentiment Drops, per Michigan Survey
The University of Michigan survey's headline index fell to 46.3 in its preliminary October reading, versus 48.1 in September.
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3 stories in the last 7 days, reading bearish overall. The last day ran at 3.0× its usual pace.
- 7-day mood
- −31.1Bearish −31
- Stories, 7 days
- 3
- Last 24 hours
- 13.0× usual
- Sources
- 11in the latest 26
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| Day | Mood | Stories |
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| Fri, Oct 9 | −56.1 | 1 |
| Thu, Oct 8 | — | 0 |
| Wed, Oct 7 | — | 0 |
| Tue, Oct 6 | — | 0 |
| Mon, Oct 5 | — | 0 |
| Sun, Oct 4 | — | 0 |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Fri, Oct 2 | — | 0 |
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