Virginians remain more optimistic about the future

Virginians are more positive about both current conditions and the future than the nation as a whole, despite large gains in national expectations

Two sets of bar graphs showing US and VA measures of consumer sentiment.

ICC=Index of Current Conditions, ICE=Index of Consumer Expectations, ICS=Index of Consumer Sentiment; all values are for August 2022, national numbers from the University of Michigan (preliminary.)

Chart: Alice Louise Kassens, PhD Source: Roanoke College Institute for Policy and Opinion Research Get the data