Car companies are reportedly expecting a combined $2.3 billion in refunds on tariff payments. As Reuters reported Thursday (April 30), automakers have begun logging that anticipated income...
The clearest sign of consumer strain may not be what households are cutting, but how many different ways they are trying to keep up. That...
The gas price spike drove the University of Michigan’s Index of Consumer Sentiment to the lowest level recorded in its over 73-year history. The index declined...
Picture two families living four miles apart in the same mid-sized American city. Both earn about $85,000 a year. Both have two kids in elementary...
Retail spending surprised analysts with an upswing in March, but the headline strength came with a familiar caveat: higher prices at the pump did much...
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) launched the first phase of its system for processing applications for refunds of tariffs on Monday (April 20). Importers...
The Federal Reserve’s latest Beige Book, released Wednesday (April 15), describes an economy that keeps growing even as businesses and households navigate mounting uncertainty and...
The Producer Price Index (PPI) rose less than expected in March amid the spike in energy prices due to the war in Iran. The PPI...
At the checkout counter, the biggest shift may not be how much consumers buy, but where they choose to buy it and which payment tools...