LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 10: A shopper carries bags through the Oxford Street financial district on May 10, 2024 in London, England. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that the UK's gross ...

U.S. consumer confidence plummeted in February, the biggest monthly decline in more than four years, a business research group said Tuesday, with inflation seemingly stuck and a trade war under ...

The U.S. consumer has seemed unstoppable in recent years, spending throughout soaring inflation and the highest borrowing costs in decades. That resilience helped to keep at bay a recession that many ...

Real consumer spending growth is expected to decline to about 1.5% in 2026, though it will remain the backbone of the U.S. economy, according to a Tuesday report from Moody’s Ratings. More cautious ...

The level in the Conference Board’s latest monthly survey was the lowest since January 2021. By Danielle Kaye Americans are increasingly anxious about their jobs and finances as the Trump ...

The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge cooled as expected in January; however, the good news came with another potential red flag for the US economic engine: Consumers pulled back their ...

A favorite adage of economists, market watchers, and financial journalists alike is that the American consumer is the engine of the US economy. If spending is not slowing, the thinking goes, the ...