Uni. of Mich. Consumer Confidence (Jun.)

The trivial decline in the University of Michigan's measure of consumer confidence to 81.2 in June, from 81.9, was mainly driven by steadily rising gasoline prices. Since most of the other key determinants of sentiment are improving, such as rising equity prices, strengthening labour market conditions and lower households' borrowing costs, we expect confidence to recover soon.

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