Tariffs alone cannot explain the persistence of 3% inflation in 2025, three Federal Reserve Bank of Boston economists wrote in an article posted Wednesday (Aug....
Walmart’s investors are counting on the company’s ad business to drive profits as same-store sales growth has cooled and the company’s stock has fallen on...
July’s retail sales decline landed in the middle of a much more deliberate reset in household spending. Consumers are still buying, in select categories. But...
Jobless claims inched up last week in a move Bloomberg reported could be due to seasonal employment patterns. There were 209,000 initial claims for unemployment...
Consumers are getting some inflation relief, at least in terms of the slowdown in price increases. They’re just not necessarily getting it on the bills...
A grocery retailer can collect an extra dollar by marking up an online order, or it can give up that dollar and try to win...
Small businesses in the United States plan to increase hiring as optimism grows, according to the latest edition of the Small Business Optimism Index released...
Odysseus had no Visa, no Venmo and no helpful fraud alert from Ithaca National Bank warning that a palace full of unfamiliar men was charging...
The June credit report indicates that the checkout total can keep rising even when the consumer’s financial cushion is getting thinner. Consumer credit expanded at...