As the holiday shopping season begins, expect to see fewer Christmas-themed items in stores. Retailers such as Walmart are ordering fewer Christmas trees, toys and decorations this...
On its surface, last week’s job report was anemic at best and confounding at worst. And where there’s a cloudy picture on job prospects, the...
The New York Times has reportedly seen digital subscriptions slow amid weakened consumer spending. The media company added 260,000 digital-only subscribers during its third quarter,...
The U.S. economy added the equivalent of a large company in October, according to data released Friday (Nov. 1) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics....
The latest data from the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis revealed that consumer spending outpaced income growth in September. The news may be...
It’s a truism that as the U.S. consumer goes, so goes the economy. And consumers are still opening their wallets and purses, tapping to pay,...
One week ahead of the election, we’re living in what might charitably be called uncertain times. And yet, as measured by The Conference Board’s latest...
The number of job openings in the United States declined to 7.4 million in September, down from 7.9 million in August and 9.3 million in...
Consumers are feeling a bit more positive, notably about “buying conditions,” as shown in the latest release from the University of Michigan’s Survey of Consumers....