The small rebound in the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index in August was entirely driven by recent political developments, and still leaves it below its level for most of this year. At face value, sentiment would point to softer consumer spending, but we would hesitate to take too much signal from that given the recent strength of retail sales.
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