consumer confidence

noun

: the good feelings that people have about the economy

There is a recent increase in consumer confidence.

Examples of consumer confidence in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

While China’s economy expanded by 5% last year, the country has entered a fourth year of deflation amid real estate slump, weak consumer confidence and local government debt stress. —Anniek Bao, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2026

Meanwhile, the property sector has entered its fifth year of crisis with sales and investment continuing to slump, dragging the economy and weighing down consumer confidence as well as spending. —John Liu, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026

And these kinds of mixed messages help depress consumer confidence. —Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 4 Mar. 2026

Those declines reflect a long list of new questions facing the business world — from the cost of oil coming out of the Middle East and supply chain disruptions to consumer confidence and the grinding uncertainty. —Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 3 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for consumer confidence

• overconfidence