University of Michigan News Service – UM News

University of Michigan economist Richard T. Curtin, director of the monthly Surveys of Consumers conducted by the U-M Institute for Social Research (ISR), will hold a dial-in news briefing on Friday, Feb. 1, at 3 p.m. EST, to discuss new findings from the January 2002 surveys. The data include the Index of Consumer Sentiment and the Index of Consumer Expectations, a closely watched component of the Index of Leading Economic Indicators.

Established in 1948, the Institute for Social Research (ISR) is among the world’s oldest survey research organizations, and a world leader in the development and application of social science methodology. ISR conducts some of the most widely-cited studies in the nation, including the Survey of Consumer Attitudes, the National Election Studies, the Monitoring the Future Study, the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, the Health and Retirement Study, the Columbia County Longitudinal Study, and the National Survey of Black Americans. ISR researchers also collaborate with social scientists in more than 60 nations on the World Values Surveys and other projects, and the Institute has established formal ties with universities in Poland, China, and South Africa. Visit the ISR Web site at www.isr.umich.edu for more information.