Consumer sentiment inched down in early October amid continued frustration over the prices of goods and services. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our...
The Producer Price Index (PPI) was unchanged in September after rising 0.2% in August. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...
In economics, there’s often a bifurcation when it comes to data — the difference between what the headlines tell us and what the wallet feels. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
The effects of Hurricane Helene, cutbacks in the auto industry and furloughs related to a strike at Boeing drove U.S. jobless claims to their highest total in a year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Monday (Oct. 7) marked a double dose of economic data that provided a continued diet of mixed signals. First up, the Federal Reserve’s latest data on consumer credit showed an overall slowdown in the annualized gain for credit overall in August, ratcheting down to a 2.1%...
The United States economy added 254,000 jobs in September, exceeding economists’ expectations and potentially mitigating some recent concerns about job prospects among the paycheck-to-paycheck consumer segment. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
America’s private sector added 143,000 jobs in September, rebounding following a five-month slowdown. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....
In the U.S. economy, the jobs market has been volatile to say the least. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...
Consumers pulled back a bit on their spending increases in August, notching the slowest growth since the beginning of the year. The latest data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis hints that that as job growth remains pressured — and perhaps as “early” back-to-school and...