Consumers are entering the final months of the year less worried about losing their jobs, more worried about prices and less confident about where their household finances are headed. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s September Survey of Consumer Expectations, released Wednesday (Oct. 7),...
Firmus Grid, a Nvidia-backed Australian data center company, is having trouble generating support for its stock market listing, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Oct. 8). The development reveals a new weakness in the artificial intelligence funding boom, the report said. Firmus’ planned $5.5 billion initial public offering...
New Cox Automotive projections show used car prices dipping more than previously expected. The forecast from the automotive industry data solutions company Wednesday (Oct. 7) comes as consumers continue to exhibit declining sentiment amid high interest rates and gas prices. Cox says it has lowered the year-end outlook for...
Global supply chain pressures inched up in September, reaching their highest level since the recent peak seen in May, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSCPI). The GSCPI rose to 1.28 in September, up from an upwardly...
October 08, 2026
Consumers are entering the final months of the year less worried about losing their jobs, more worried about prices and less confident about where their household finances are headed. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s September Survey of Consumer Expectations, released Wednesday (Oct. 7), shows median expected household spending growth rose 0.3 percentage point […]
October 01, 2026
Consumers may still feel secure about their jobs, but a thinner savings cushion is changing the financial environment in which they manage their money. This finding comes from the September...
September 16, 2026
Consumers didn’t wait to shell out funds for cars, furniture and electronics in August. Retail sales rose 1.2% from July to $773.9 billion, reversing July’s 0.5% decline, with several categories...
September 11, 2026
Consumer prices accelerated in August, adding to household expenses at a time when many financially constrained consumers have already reduced the discretionary spending they can most easily cut. The Consumer...
October 08, 2026
New research shows that the cost of many consumer goods would have declined last year if not for U.S. tariffs. The paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York says the cost of 67 categories of goods was 2.9 percentage points higher as of February because of the tariffs. The paper was released earlier this week by the […]
October 08, 2026
Firmus Grid, a Nvidia-backed Australian data center company, is having trouble generating support for its stock market listing, Bloomberg reported Thursday (Oct. 8). The development reveals a new weakness in...
October 07, 2026
New Cox Automotive projections show used car prices dipping more than previously expected. The forecast from the automotive industry data solutions company Wednesday (Oct. 7) comes as consumers continue to exhibit declining sentiment amid...
October 06, 2026
Global supply chain pressures inched up in September, reaching their highest level since the recent peak seen in May, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Global Supply...
