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United States Consumer Confidence 2026-09-30: data, chart, and analysis

United States Consumer Confidence came in at 44.81 on Sep 30, 2026, compared with 46.61 previously and a 47.53 consensus forecast. See the full release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

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Actual
44.81
Previous
46.61
Forecast
47.53

FXMacroData Blended Forecast

Reference period
2026-09-30

Last updated:

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United States Consumer Confidence release chart

Market context, recent readings, and scenario notes for this announcement.

United States Consumer Confidence chart through 2026-09-30
USD Consumer Confidence readings through 2026-09-30. Latest: 44.81.

Consumer Confidence release read

United States Consumer Confidence came in at 44.81 on Sep 30, 2026, compared with 46.61 previously and a 47.53 consensus forecast. See the full release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

The forecast marker for this release is 47.53 from FXMacroData Blended Forecast. Compare it with the actual value to assess the direction and size of the surprise.

The parent Consumer Confidence page shows the full time series for United States. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For USD event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Pickup record

When the official source published this release and when the figure was on FXMacroData. All times are UTC.

Available within
23.18 s

of publication

On FXMacroData at

7 Oct 2026 UTC

Scheduled for

7 Oct 2026 UTC

Pickup record for this release
Scheduled release
Official source published Between and UTC, 7 Oct 2026
53.97 s after the scheduled time
Observed by FXMacroData's reads of the official source: the last read showing the previous period and the first read showing this one. The publisher does not issue this timestamp.
On FXMacroData at
Available within 23.18 s of publication

The official source published this release somewhere between those two reads, so the figure was available through FXMacroData no more than 23.18 s after it was published.

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Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID usd_consumer_confidence_2026-09-30
Release time Exact time unavailable
Reference period date 2026-09-30
Actual value 44.81
Previous value 46.61
Forecast 47.53 FXMacroData Blended Forecast
Surprise -2.72
Announcement timestamp --

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full United States Consumer Confidence history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

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Move through adjacent announcement records for the same series.

Older release

2026-09-08 11:00 America/New_York · 46.61

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Common questions about this release

The value, its publication time, the next scheduled date, and the official publisher for United States Consumer Confidence.

What did United States Consumer Confidence come in at, and how did it compare with the forecast and the previous reading?

United States Consumer Confidence was 44.81 Index (0-100 normalized) in September 2026. The forecast field was 47.53 Index (0-100 normalized). The previous reading was 46.61 Index (0-100 normalized). That is a surprise of -2.72 points versus forecast.

When was this United States Consumer Confidence release published?

This release was published on Sep 30, 2026.

When is the next United States Consumer Confidence release?

The next United States Consumer Confidence release is scheduled for Nov 9, 2026 at 11:00 America/New_York.

What is the official source for United States Consumer Confidence?

Federal Reserve Bank of New York publishes the official Consumer Confidence series. FXMacroData stores every release with its announcement timestamp and serves it from the announcements endpoint for this series.

Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

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  "announcement_id": "usd_consumer_confidence_2026-09-30",
  "available_at_iso": "2026-10-07T15:00:54.173214Z",
  "available_at_ns": 1791385254173214762,
  "capture_time_basis": "first_fresh_fetch_completed",
  "collected_at_iso": "2026-10-07T15:00:53.971006Z",
  "collected_at_ns": 1791385253971006052,
  "date": "2026-09-30",
  "forecast": 47.53,
  "forecast_source_label": "FXMacroData Blended Forecast",
  "ingestion_latency_ms": 53971.006,
  "ingestion_latency_reference": "official_planned_release_datetime",
  "observed_at_ns": 1791385253971006052,
  "official_planned_release_datetime": 1791385200,
  "original_unit": "Balance",
  "original_val": -10.385,
  "prediction_type": "fxmacrodata",
  "previous_value": 46.61,
  "publication_time_precision": "unknown",
  "publication_time_status": "unknown",
  "revisions": [
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      "epoch": null,
      "ingestion_latency_ms": 53971.006,
      "ingestion_latency_reference": "official_planned_release_datetime",
      "is_first_release": false,
      "observed_at_ns": 1791385253971006052,
      "official_planned_release_datetime": 1791385200,
      "publication_time_precision": "unknown",
      "publication_time_status": "unknown",
      "source_published_after_ns": 1791385231000000000,
      "source_published_by_ns": 1791385253971006052,
      "source_published_window_basis": "poll_bracket",
      "val": 44.81,
      "vintage_status": "captured_snapshot"
    }
  ],
  "source_published_after_ns": 1791385231000000000,
  "source_published_by_ns": 1791385253971006052,
  "source_published_window_basis": "poll_bracket",
  "val": 44.81
}