Consumer Confidence = High & Rising… Index @ 100 vs. 87 Fifty-Five Year Average Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) 120 100 USA ), 80 87= 4 6 9 55-Year Average 1 to 60 d e 40 (Index I CC 20 0 1952 1957 1962 1967 1972 1977 1982 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007 2012 2017 Source: St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED Database. Note: Indexed to Q1:66 = 100. Consumer Confidence Index (Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index) is a broad measure of American consumer sentiment, as 156 measured through a 50-question telephone survey of at least 500 USA residents each month.