U.S. consumers spent more in department stores and less on furniture and cars in June, the Commerce Department reported Friday (July 16), as the barometer that...
Retailers and restaurants may be in for another consumer spending windfall as 39 million American families will find their bank accounts flush with a couple of hundred...
Amid rising commodity prices and supply chain disruptions, the economy in China saw a slowdown from April through June from its accelerated pace between January...
New jobless claims in the week ending July 10 dropped to 360,000, down 26,000 from the previous week’s revised level, according to the July 15 report from...
In most economies, especially those going through a rebound, inflation (at some point) is a fact of life. Merchants, faced with the rising costs of...
It’s time for the Federal Reserve to ease up on bond-buying by the central bank, in part because keeping it up could cause problems in...
The consumer price index (CPI) is up 0.9 percent in June and 5.4 percent over the last 12 months, marking the highest increases since August...
Consumers expect inflation, income and spending to rise, according to the June 2021 Survey of Consumer Expectations, a monthly gauge of economic health by the...