A Mid-Month Look at January Consumer Sentiment and Expectations

Public data from their Surveys of Consumers program are due to be released tomorrow by the University of Michigan. Giller Investments operates private consumer survey that we base proprietary trading strategies on. We are happy to share the results we have for consumer sentiment and consumer expectations of inflation. Full details in the press release here.

Key: yellow highlights are data that should be compared with tomorrow’s releases, blue highlights are the confidence intervals where the prior released data fits within our estimates.

This data is from a private consumer survey operated by Giller Investments. The results of the survey are used as an input to proprietary trading activity. This data is provided to the public and may be reproduced with attribution. This is not investment advice and should not be treated as such. Giller Investments (New Jersey), LLC is not a RIA.

Ex post update: the University of Michigan’s interim numbers came in at 99.1 for Consumer Sentiment and 2.5 for long-term inflation expectations. Both numbers are inside our 68% confidence limit.