Research & Reports

Anchorage Consumer Optimism Index: Q3 2023

The Anchorage Consumer Optimism Index is a survey of ~600 Anchorage residents using the Alaska Consumer Optimism Index survey tool.

The survey was performed by Alaska Survey Research and the report was generated by the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation. This work was made possible by the report sponsor, Furniture Enterprises of Alaska.

The Anchorage Consumer Optimism Index (ANCi) for July-September of 2023 was 41.4.

That’s up 1.0 from the third quarter of 2022, but down 5.1 from Q3 2021.

The Index combines 3 components of consumer sentiment which are scored on a 100-point scale. Results above 55 indicate optimism and results below 45 indicate pessimism.