<h2 class="topline-heading">Topline</h2><p>Americans’ concerns about the economy worsened this month as consumers expressed growing concerns about rising prices and a weakening labor market, according to the University of Michigan’s widely tracked <a href="https://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="color-link" title="https://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/" aria-label="survey">survey</a> released Friday. </p><figure class="embed-base image-embed embed-0" role="presentation"><div class="image-embed__placeholder"><img src="https://specials-images.forbesimg.com/imageserve/689b31ad6f73ba2ad09b2f6f/First-Inflation-Report-Of-2025-Released/960x0.jpg?cropX1=0&amp;cropX2=1049&amp;cropY1=52&amp;cropY2=642" alt="First Inflation Report Of 2025 Released" width="100%" height="auto"></div><div style="--article-bg-color:#faf3f1"><div class="bMqrj"><div class="Jp--BF7-"><span style="-webkit-line-clamp:2" class="Ccg9Ib-7 _8XF2kHYM">Consumers have expressed growing frustrations about rising prices “eroding their personal finances.” </span></div><small class="pGGCM2aD">Getty Images</small></div></div></figure>

<div class="key-facts-element"><p>Consumer sentiment—a measurement on Americans’ views on the economic outlook—declined to 55.1 in September from 58.2 in August, below the historical benchmark of 100 and the lowest level since May, a <a href="https://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" class="color-link" title="https://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/" data-ga-track="ExternalLink:https://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/" aria-label="reading">reading </a>of the University of Michigan’s survey found.</p></div><div class="key-facts-element"><p>The decline in sentiment fell below Wall Street’s consensus of 55.9, according to FactSet.</p></div>

Consumers have expressed growing frustrations about rising prices “eroding their personal finances.”{ai:summary}<p>U. Michigan sentiment fell to 55.1 in September from 58.2 in August—the lowest since May and well below the 100 norm. </p><p>Rising prices and a weakening labor market are eroding Americans’ finances; the reading came in under the 55.9 consensus. #economy</p>

American Fears Deepen Over Rising Prices

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