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Iran War Triggers Jump In Americans' Inflation Expectations, Slump In Sentiment

Iran War Triggers Jump In Americans' Inflation Expectations, Slump In Sentiment While the preliminary UMich survey was undertaken between February 17 and March 9, with about half completed after the start of the US military conflict in Iran, today's final print includes the full month with all the conflict's escalations (and de-escalations). Expectations were for the headline sentiment index to tumble with expectations projected to fall most and consensus was right with the expectations tumbling from 54.1 to  51.7 and current conditions down from 57.8 to 55.8 (worse than expected). Put together, the...
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