Yet in contrast to negative consumer sentiments, household final consumption expenditure (HFCE) has remained positive in the ...

The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index increased in November 2024 to 111.7, the highest level since July 2023. The surge in confidence followed a swift and decisive outcome to the U.S.

Neither business leaders nor consumers needed to hear Wednesday’s dismal news that the U.S. economy shrank 0.3 percent during the first quarter of 2025 to voice their concerns about the way things are ...

Gross Domestic Product data for the second quarter came out on Thursday. Economists expected a moderate slowdown in growth, given inflation and interest rates. Instead, the reading shows a robust ...

Consumers splurged on goods in particular, but also on services, and they accounted for 69% of GDP and moved the GDP needle. The trade deficit worsened further, driven by rampant consumer spending and ...

Good news indicators on inflation, the job market and economy may be overshadowing the struggles faced by many consumers as ...

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Economic growth came in pretty strong for the fourth quarter of 2024. As we learned on Thursday, GDP rose at an annual rate of 2.3%. And consumer spending is a key contributor. It rose 4.2% for the ...

US GDP dipped by an annualized rate of 0.3%, adjusted for inflation (“real GDP”), after growth rates of 2.4% in Q4, 3.1% in Q3, and 3.0% in Q2. A massive spike in imports, by far the worst ever, on ...

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates last week because of fresh worries about the jobs market, but the broader U.S. economy still appears to be in pretty good shape thanks to American consumers.