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The latest round of earnings reports shows some companies struggling as consumers grow more selective with their spending. Higher prices and interest rates are still lingering, putting pressure on ...

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The news may be a boon for consumption and, by extension, merchants. However, the personal income and outlays data indicated that a decrease in the share of savings as a percentage of personal ...

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis said on Wednesday that GDP expanded at a 2.8% pace, as measured in preliminary results for the third quarter. That’s a slowdown, a bit, from the 3 ...

Retiree Eileen Gowlak, 86, used to buy her clothes from Walmart when the retailer would have a big sale. But those days are over. “I noticed the clothing went up, and they don’t have the sales they ...

America’s consumer economy is pulling in opposite directions, a gulf increasingly apparent in C-suite commentary, with premium brands profiting from well-off customers while value-focused firms battle ...

Personal income in the U.S. fell by $109.6 billion (0.4%) in May, driven primarily by declines in government benefits and farm income. Consumer spending also dipped, with personal consumption ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Consumer spending will play a large role in the economy in 2025, as it always does. However, the impact has often been overstated.

The world's largest restaurant chain by market cap again saw declining quarterly traffic among lower-income consumers, a nearly two-year trend that top boss Chris Kempczinski chalked up to ...

Consumer income growth should help the U.S. economy to avoid recession, J.P. Morgan said in its midyear economic outlook. "Our 2025 year-ahead outlook built off two propositions: momentum in the ...

The past gap between consumer income and spending—savings—presents the most important factor for expenditures in 2023-2024, though interest rates and the prospect of recession will both play a role in ...