{
  "id": 3982471,
  "title": "Consumer Sentiment Was Weaker in August, per Michigan Survey",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/consumer-sentiment-was-weaker-in-august-per-michigan-survey",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-28T14:27:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "WSJ Economy",
    "slug": "wsj-economy",
    "url": "https://www.wsj.com/economy/central-banking/consumer-sentiment-was-weaker-in-august-per-michigan-survey-24d25174?mod=rss_socialeconomyfeed"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The survey’s sentiment index fell to 51.7 in August, lower than 55.2 in July. Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal were expecting a reading of 51.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}