Tracking borrowing gets complicated when more lending is funded beyond banks and public markets.

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 ...

Americans just feel like they can’t catch a financial break. You know the feeling. You go to the grocery store, you look at the prices and you want to channel your inner Vince Lombardi: “What the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A survey compiled by the American Financial Services Association showed deteriorating business conditions during the third ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

America’s $18 trillion consumer debt bomb is at risk of blowing a hole in the economy. Cracks are forming: soaring credit costs, plunging sentiment, and weakening spending. This is how I am ...