The latest Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index report is in—what does falling sentiment mean for grocery prices, dining out, and how we eat in 2025? Consumer confidence is falling, and that ...

Wherever consumer sentiment goes, consumer spending usually goes too. They're like buddies that do everything together. Consumer sentiment wants a hair cut, its buddy consumer spending does too. But ...

The "new high" media reports, the Fed's lower interest rate, and AI speculation have supported investor optimism so far. However, the key support of the economy is consumer spending, and consumers are ...

Consumer sentiment reflects consumers' overall attitude and confidence regarding the economy. Positive consumer sentiment often leads to increased spending, driving economic growth. Negative consumer ...

We got another — honestly — lousy sign for the consumer economy Tuesday. March’s consumer confidence index from The Conference Board fell again, for the fourth straight month. And it fell more than ...

US consumers continued to spend in June, powering the economy in the process, despite tariff-related price hikes becoming more present on store shelves and online. Consumer spending rose 0.3% from May ...

U.S. consumer sentiment swooned in March to a more than two-year low, with a preliminary gauge released by the University of Michigan proving far weaker than economists had expected. The preliminary ...

A car-buying frenzy, stoked by tariff fears, drove US consumer spending in March to its biggest monthly gain in more than two years, new data showed Wednesday. Consumer spending leapt 0.7% from ...

On Tuesday, we’ll learn more about how one of the main engines of the economy is doing when we get retail sales numbers from the Census Bureau. If the latest private data is any indication, consumer ...

COLCHESTER, CT — Four in ten (40 percent) Americans who were in the market for a vehicle in the past year were only considering used vehicles, compared to three in ten (31 percent) who were only ...

A growing cohort of VCs thinks AI can revive consumer tech investing. Startups selling directly to consumers were crushed by venture capital's most recent boom and bust. Investors are raising fresh ...