Michigan Consumer Expectations last printed 47.3 on Fri, Oct 9, 2026 against a 46.3 prior. The next release is Friday, October 23, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET. Captured live by Helious the moment it printed.
Expectations is the forward-looking half of the consumer survey. It asks households where they see their own finances, business conditions and jobs a year from now. That half is why the survey sits in the leading indicators, and turns there tend to show up before the sentiment headline moves and before spending itself changes direction. The mid-month preliminary print is the one markets trade. The final is usually noise.
A drop in expectations leans bullish Treasuries, on the read that the consumer is about to slow, but the move on its own is small. The reaction usually comes off the inflation expectations in the same release. See it scored live on the Helious desk, or read how the standard-deviation surprise is computed.
| DATE | ACTUAL | FORECAST | PRIOR | SURPRISE (SD) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47.3 | — | 46.3 | — | ABOVE PRIOR | |
| 46.3 | — | 45.8 | — | ABOVE PRIOR | |
| 45.8 | — | 51.5 | — | BELOW PRIOR | |
| 51.5 | 50.6 | 50.6 | +0.36 | ABOVE FORECAST | |
| 50.6 | — | 55.4 | -1.92 | BELOW FORECAST | |
| 55.4 | 54.0 | 54.0 | — | ABOVE FORECAST |
The 6 most recent prints from the desk's live capture, which began in July 2026, so what you see here is a sample rather than the whole record. Every row links the print page published the moment that number landed, and the full graded history is served by the API.
Twice monthly: preliminary mid-month Friday, final end of month, with the sentiment report · 10:00 AM ET · download a sample (CSV, recent rows), free to cite with a link to this page. The full history comes through the Helious API and MCP at api.helious.io/mcp, with depth set by plan.
