{"id":411046,"date":"2026-04-26T01:17:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T01:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/411046\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T01:17:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T01:17:29","slug":"economic-sentiment-index-ticks-up-after-middle-east-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/411046\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic Sentiment Index Ticks up after Middle East Ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CivicScience has the world\u2019s largest proprietary database of real-time declared intent, allowing brands to activate high-performing advertising that drives up to 80% better ad performance. See how our partners achieve superior marketing outcomes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/civicscience.com\/data-driven-advertising-powered-by-consumer-insights\/?utm_campaign=Marketing%20LPs%20and%20Demo&amp;utm_source=Content%3A%2004_22_2026%3A%20ESI%20ads&amp;utm_medium=News%20%2B%20Insights\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/civicscience.com\/data-driven-advertising-powered-by-consumer-insights\/?utm_campaign=Marketing%20LPs%20and%20Demo&amp;utm_source=Content%3A%2004_22_2026%3A%20ESI%20ads&amp;utm_medium=News%20%2B%20Insights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The latest biweekly reading of the Penta-CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index (ESI) increased 0.4 points to 28.9, rising above the 13-year low in sentiment seen last period after a ceasefire to the Middle East conflict was announced.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pentagroup.com\/hubfs\/Overall%202-25.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"966\" height=\"637\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/esi-chart-1-80.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52015\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Three of the ESI\u2019s five indicators increased during this period. Confidence in the overall U.S. economy rose the most, increasing 2.1 points from 26.2 to 28.3.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Confidence in making a major purchase increased 0.9 points to 20.4.<br \/>\u2014Confidence in finding a new job increased 0.8 points to 24.2.<br \/>\u2014Confidence in buying a new home decreased 0.7 points to 24.3.<br \/>\u2014Confidence in personal finances decreased 1.0 point to 47.5.<\/p>\n<p>View the full reading\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pentagroup.com\/insight\/economic-sentiment-ticks-up-after-middle-east-ceasefire-announcement\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/pentagroup.com\/insight\/economic-sentiment-ticks-up-after-middle-east-ceasefire-announcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.\u00a0Learn more about the CivicScience Economic Sentiment Index\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/info.civicscience.com\/economic-sentiment-index?utm_campaign=Marketing%20LPs%20and%20Demo&amp;utm_source=Content%3A%2004_08_2026%3A%20esi%20lp&amp;utm_medium=News%20%2B%20insights\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/info.civicscience.com\/economic-sentiment-index?utm_campaign=Marketing%20LPs%20and%20Demo&amp;utm_source=Content%3A%2004_08_2026%3A%20esi%20lp&amp;utm_medium=News%20%2B%20insights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Leverage the world\u2019s largest real-time database to activate brand-safe, high-performing campaigns in any economic climate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CivicScience has the world\u2019s largest proprietary database of real-time declared intent, allowing brands to activate high-performing advertising that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[114,184,85,46],"class_list":["post-411046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}