U.S. retail sales dropped sharply last month, in part because cold weather kept more Americans indoors and dented sales at ...

Wall Street is starting to fear that shoppers might finally be hitting their limit when it comes to high prices.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says Americans’ bank accounts are safe despite the Trump administration’s shutdown of a ...

Ultimately, fiscal policy serves as a critical mechanism for governments to steer economic activity, promote growth, and ...

Closing a recessionary gap requires careful fiscal management, balancing short-term economic stimulation with long-term ...

Investors are overly focused on tech, neglecting undervalued consumer staples like General Mills (GIS) and PepsiCo (PEP).

“The latest confidence surveys conducted in December 2024 showed an improvement in both consumer and business confidence. Consumer confidence improved largely due to optimism about future ...

California shoppers continue to worry in the Trump 2.0 era, as one measure of optimism dropped to a 30-month low.

Asked whether Sir Keir Starmer had confidence in his top legal adviser, a No 10 spokesman said: “He has absolute confidence in him. “Let’s be clear about the effects of not engaging properly ...

However, historically, such high levels of unsold inventory have coincided with economic slowdowns and recessions, signaling potential ... layoffs in the construction industry and declining consumer ...

The prime minister has "absolute confidence" in his attorney general despite negative press briefings, Downing Street has said. Lord Hermer KC has been subject to a string of negative stories in ...

My trusty spreadsheet looked at the Conference Board’s consumer confidence indexes for January, which tracks California, seven other states and the nation. This yardstick of psyche comes from ...