Tariffs are ramping up prices for U.S. consumer goods despite moderating inflation. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (Oct. 5), government data and company...
Consumer spending in the United States has proven resilient through a volatile year, but cracks are emerging at the low end of the credit spectrum....
Confidence drives consumer spending, and the health of the labor market underpins how secure households feel about loosening their wallets. As fall begins, the latest...
Consumer spending has remained resilient, but inflation expectations are inching higher, creating new challenges for retailers as they prepare for the holiday shopping season. PYMNTS’...
New import levies have Americans facing the highest tariff rates in nearly a century. The tariffs announced last week on prescription drugs, heavy trucks and...
Consumer sentiment has always been more than a mood measure. It shapes how households decide whether to spend, save or delay purchases, and even how...
Consumers in the United States continue to spend, but their incomes are not keeping pace. The widening gap indicates household savings may risk being depleted,...
Along with home ownership, a longstanding pillar of the American dream is that each generation should outshine the previous one in economic well-being. Young adults...
For millions of consumers in the United States, living paycheck to paycheck isn’t a permanent sentence. The surprising angle of new research is that most...