Gas Prices Sliding Below $4 Lift US Consumer Sentiment in June

Weaker confidence and renewed price pressures have not stopped consumers from opening their wallets.

A gas station in Washington on June 16, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

A little less pain at the pump lifted U.S. consumer sentiment higher in June.

June’s final Consumer Sentiment Index climbed by almost 11 percent to 49.5, from the previous month’s 44.8, according to new data from the University of Michigan on June 26.