Restaurant sales in 2025 will continue to be driven by the strength of the economy. If consumers have a job, they will spend ...

Answers have been edited for brevity. This is the first Consumer Outlook 2025 article in a series. Katherine Cullen, vice president of industry and consumer insights at National Retail Federation ...

Economic growth in Q3 2024 remained robust at 3.1%, buoyed by consumer spending. Stable recession expectations offer a mixed signal for economic outlook. Looking Ahead: Persistent inflation could ...

“We’re noticing that there is a bifurcation in the consumer outlook in that the consumers at the lower-to-medium end of the income spectrum are spending more judiciously in a high ...

The latest University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey released Friday showed headline sentiment declined to its lowest level in seven months as pessimism over the inflation outlook drove ...