# US Consumer Sentiment Slips to Five-Month Low on Inflation

https://mins.news/en/video/113212

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-10-23 18:12 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Er3HU5y8jc

> US consumer sentiment edged down to a five-month low in October as high prices and rising interest rates weighed on morale. The University of Michigan’s final index fell to 48 from 48.1 in September, topping both the preliminary reading and every estimate in a Bloomberg economist survey.

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