With the U.S. government shutdown stretching into its 17th day and official economic data releases on hold, new figures from ...

Consumer sentiment soured in October as a government shutdown threatens to weaken a wobbly economy beset by an uptick in ...

Bank of America Institute senior economist, David Tinsley, joins Asking for a Trend to discuss the state of the consumer, ...

And six weeks after President Donald Trump fired the former BLS head for allegedly, in his words and without proof, “rigging” ...

Consumer companies rose after surprisingly strong spending growth. Consumer spending rose 0.6% in August, exceeding economists' expectations. The PCE index, the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation ...

The spending imbalance is at the highest levels it has been since Moody’s Analytics started collecting this data.

Americans still concerned about persistent inflation and weaker hiring, according to a closely watched consumer confidence ...

Data show a resilient economy. But that largely reflects spending by the rich, while others pull back amid high prices and a ...

The University of Michigan’s monthly consumer sentiment survey showed households feel glum amid concerns about unemployment ...

Concerns about the labor market and price pressures sent consumer confidence to a five-month low in September.

Credit-card data and other private-sector alternatives to the official US retail sales report largely suggest consumer demand ...