US Consumer Sentiment Falls to Four-Month Low on Income Worries

Shoppers in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

US consumer sentiment fell in September to a four-month low on growing concerns about the impact of high prices on personal finances.

The final September sentiment index dropped to 55.1 from 58.2 a month earlier, according to the University of Michigan. That compared with a preliminary reading of 55.4.