Consumers turned even more pessimistic about jobs and inflation in a well-regarded economic survey conducted in December.

After battling through five years of turmoil—the Covid-19 shutdown, runaway inflation, spiking interest rates, and tariff chaos—retail industry execs could be forgiven for thinking the worst is ...

Those top earners, defined as Americans making at least $251,000 in 2024 according to Census data (2), drove 49.2% of ...

While Miramar Capital Co-Founder and senior portfolio manager Max Wasserman shares his outlook on consumer-facing stocks like ...

A lot has been going on in the spending and consumer sides of the economy lately. Later this week, there will news on how a bunch of mega-retailers are doing, with earnings reports from Home Depot, ...

American consumers in December remained downbeat about the state of the economy, a new survey shows. The Conference Board, a nonprofit group representing businesses, said Tuesday that its consumer ...

Spending on AI infrastructure is now contributing more to U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) growth than the entire consumer economy, according to new data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).

Discover how deflation increases purchasing power yet risks higher unemployment and debt defaults. Learn its impact on consumers and the broader economy.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to an economic analyst for Visa about consumer spending this year, and what we could expect going into 2026.

If you’re shopping for a new car, you’ve probably seen that prices are still high and interest rates haven’t really eased up.

Consumer sentiment fell again in September and is now at the level it was during the outset of the 2008 financial crisis, a remarkable dynamic driven by inflation. Consumer sentiment fell to 55.1, ...

A variety of economic reports delayed during the government shutdown will see the light of day this week before Americans enjoy a couple of days off for Thanksgiving. Whether they will bring thanks is ...