The December 2025 reading was 50.4, and the 3-month rolling average in January 2026 hit 52.3. Both of those numbers are the lowest ever seen on this report going all the way back to the late 1970s.

Clement Boateng, has criticised the recent utility tariff increases, arguing that the current economic conditions do not ...

Forty-seven percent of Americans don’t favor the current economic conditions in the U.S., according to a recent Gallup poll. Only 21% of respondents to the survey believe the economy is in decent ...

The University of Michigan Current Economic Conditions Index has historically acted as a contrarian indicator for stocks. The highest forward-looking returns for the S&P 500 have come when the index ...

Pessimism about the US economy deepened sharply in May, with Gallup's Economic Confidence Index dropping to its weakest reading since October 2022 (-45) as surging energy costs and widespread gloom ...