Weakening consumer expectations for business conditions and a decline in building permits for private housing drove a 0.2% decline in The Conference Board’s Leading Economic...
Consumer sentiment improved by 10% in early July, marking the second consecutive month of 10% jumps, according to preliminary results for the month from the...
In June, retail sales continued to grow, but the composition of that growth saw consumers making more deliberate choices about where their money goes. Households...
New U.S. business applications hit 5.6 million in 2025 and have risen 24% since ChatGPT launched, Citadel Securities reported in a July research note, citing...
The latest inflation report offers consumers something that has been absent for much of the past several years: a measurable decline in overall prices. Whether...
Small business optimism increased in June, driven by owners’ expectations for better business conditions and sales, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) said in...
It’s all about the consumer and artificial intelligence, even on a day when five big banks were tracking record-setting earnings. Get the Full Story Complete...
Bank of America’s second-quarter earnings call Tuesday (July 14) was dominated by a simple message: Consumers in the United States are spending, companies are borrowing,...