Browsing: Consumer Spending
Consumer sentiment in the U.S. has officially never been worse. The University of Michigan’s final April reading came in at…
The war in Iran has done what once seemed impossible: forced Americans to rethink the idea of driving everywhere. The…
Last year was a record-breaking one for international tourism, injecting trillions of dollars into the global economy and supporting millions…
The conflict in the Middle East has sent gasoline prices in the U.S. soaring to their highest level in four…
Forget the Fed. Forget nonfarm employment. Forget even industrial production and real income. For Jim Paulsen, the real recession indicator…
There’s a common adage when it comes to sales: Go where the people are. It seems that’s what Ulta Beauty’s…
Bank of America’s spending data tells a rare good-news story about Gen Z — until it doesn’t. After years of…
Scott Galloway can pinpoint the moment—the straw that, in his words, “broke the camel’s back.” The New York University professor…
As artificial intelligence (AI) threatens the white-collar job market and the cost of living continues to skyrocket, and while doomsday…
In China, consumerism appears to outweigh nationalism regardless of how testy relations have become in recent diplomatic spats with countries like…