U.S. consumer spending increased slightly more than expected in August as households went on vacation and dined out, keeping ...

The wealthiest Americans have been doing even better than previously thought and are driving a consumer spending surge that ...

Americans are souring on the economy again to levels seen rarely in the post-World War II era, raising the question of what ...

Despite rising inflation and elevated interest rates, Americans are still using their credit cards. A Boston Federal Reserve ...

Mixed signals continue to come from the housing market. The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller National Home Price Index, which measures home prices across the country, rose 1.7% in the 12 months through July, ...

Core inflation stayed about the same in August, the Federal Reserve said, and personal consumption expenditures had a 0.3% ...

Weakness in the labor market is the main reason the Federal Reserve decided to cut interest rates by a quarter point last ...

Americans ramped up their spending in August, despite elevated inflation, new data showed Friday. Consumer spending rose 0.6% ...

According to the July 2025 Bank of America Consumer Checkpoint report, data shows shifting habits and a significant decline ...

Although investors cheered the Federal Reserve’s recent rate cut and the stock market has kept powering along, the economy is ...

Consumer spending rose 0.6% in August, exceeding economists' expectations. The PCE index, the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge, rose 0.3% in August, data that is likely to reassure top ...

Consumers are still spending despite tariff pressures, but reports show they're getting more selective about how they spend money.