Conference Board Confidence And UM Consumer Indexes Fell Again In January, Inflation Worries Still Dominant

The Conference Board released its monthly consumer indexes Jan. 25. Both the Consumer Sentiment Index and Expectation Index lost ground, while the Present Situation Index rose slightly. The CB Confidence Index fell to 113.8 from 115.2 in December. The index had risen in each of the three months of the last quarter of 2021. The…