(RTTNews) - Consumer sentiment in the U.S. deteriorated by less than initially estimated in the month of February, the University of Michigan revealed in a report released on Friday. He added, "The February descent resulted from inflationary declines in personal finances, a near universal awareness of rising interest rates, falling confidence in the government's economic policies, and the most negative long term prospects for the economy in the past decade." He added, "This will complicate the Fed's policy actions, tilting their objectives to focus more on inflation at the cost of slower growth and higher unemployment."