The prevailing narrative says the consumer, squeezed by inflation, higher gas prices and a steady sense of uncertainty, is ready to pull back. Synchrony’s second-quarter...
Consumers under the greatest financial pressure are not simply spending less. They are becoming more selective about where every dollar goes. That shift appears in...
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...
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...
Consumers are still spending, but many are doing it with less room for error. That’s the central finding from “The Inflation Mirage: What Rising Spending Hides About...
PepsiCo says high prices at the pump are keeping consumers from heading into the store to buy snacks. The food and beverage giant reported earnings...
Consumers expect inflation to rise more than they expected a month ago, even as they expect gas prices to drop, according to the Federal Reserve...
Gas prices heading into the Fourth of July weekend are the highest they’ve been in four years but lower than recent highs, AAA said in...
Apple’s recent price increases could be a harbinger for a years-long era of costlier electronics. That’s according to a report Wednesday (July 1) from Kiplinger, which says...