holiday shopping

The consumer inflation report this week has the potential to upset the consensus view that the Federal Reserve will start cutting rates in the first quarter of this year.

The inflation report released Tuesday is unlikely to do much to support the idea that Bidenomics has been a boon for the American economy.

The American consumer is rushing into the end of 2023 in high spirits—in part because they like how next year’s election is shaping up.

Christmas came early for many consumers in the U.S. this year, and that may have created an illusory drop in inflation and retail spending.

The majority of U.S. adults are living paycheck to paycheck heading into this holiday season, a report shows.

Santa Claus is not going on strike this year, but he may have a bit of an easier job hauling his sack from house to house.

Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Patrick Harker said on Monday that he believes it is time for the Fed to stop raising rates.

With retail sales coming in below expectations, why aren’t more workers being laid off?

The consumer expectations barometer fell again, hitting a six month low, and remains at a low level consistent with a looming recession.

Expectations for retail sales are still high this year. Will declining consumer sentiment throw a monkey wrench into the works?

Here we go again. The Commerce Department on Wednesday said that consumer spending grew by 1.3 percent compared with September, when spending was unchanged with the prior month. Compared with a year ago, retail sales were up 8.9 percent. Total

Halloween spending points toward another disappointing holiday shopping season.

Black Lives Matter is calling for supporters to do their holiday shopping at black-owned businesses to “end white-supremacist-capitalism.”

Black Friday has brought mixed results for retailers at first glance, as some locales appear to have less foot traffic than years past.

Prices are up but plans to spend on gifts actually declined slightly. That points to fewer gifts this year.

Data from the Commerce Department Thursday confirms retail sales were as strong as they seemed in December.

Instead of shoving each other on the sales floors of stores, customers rush onto online stores, causing sites to slow or shut down.

Despite dipping again in November, confidence levels remain high and should support solid spending during this holiday season.

American consumers helped the 2018 holiday shopping season be bright as they spent more than $850 billion online and in stores.