密歇根大學消費者信心指數升至近三年新高！

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3月份美國消費者信心意外上升至近三年來的最高水平，部分原因是人們認為通脹將緩解。

密歇根大學基準消費者信心指數終值從 2 月份的 76.9 升至 79.4，為 2021 年 7 月以來的最高水平。路透社對經濟學家進行的民意調查顯示，該數字超過了一致預期的 76.5，該數字與兩周前發布的 3 月份初步預期相同。

消費者對當前狀況和經濟前景的評估均較 3 月中旬和 2 月終值有所改善。

對一年內通脹的預期從 2 月份的 3.0% 降至 2.9%，與 1 月份的讀數持平，這是 2020 年 12 月以來的最低水平。在五年內，消費者預計通脹率從去年的 2.9% 降至 2.8%月。

March 28 (Reuters) - U.S. consumer sentiment rose unexpectedly in March to the highest in nearly three years thanks in part to growing confidence that inflation will keep softening.
The University of Michigan's benchmark Consumer Sentiment Index rose to a final reading for the month of 79.4, the highest since July 2021, from February's 76.9. It topped consensus estimates of 76.5 in a Reuters poll of economists, which had been the same as the preliminary March estimate released two weeks ago.  

  Consumer assessments of both current conditions and the economic outlook both improved from the March mid-month and February final readings. Expectations for inflation over a one-year horizon declined to 2.9% from 3.0% in February to match January's reading, which had been the lowest since December 2020. Over a five-year horizon, consumers saw inflation easing to 2.8% from 2.9% last month.

 

The S&P 500 posted its strongest first-quarter performance in five years on Thursday despite U.S. stocks closing little-changed.