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Revolving Credit Jumped in April as Consumers Loaded Up on Card Debt

Revolving Credit Jumped in April as Consumers Loaded Up on Card Debt
Revolving Credit Jumped in April as Consumers Loaded Up on Card Debt
June 06, 2025  |  Economy

The paydowns earlier this year were temporary. And as the latest consumer credit data from the Federal Reserve on Friday (June 6) indicated, consumers turned...

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VC Investor Confidence Drops in ‘Increasingly Uncertain Macroeconomic Environment’
VC Investor Confidence Drops in ‘Increasingly Uncertain Macroeconomic Environment’
June 06, 2025  |  Investments

The share of venture capital (VC) investors who expect VC funding to rise over the next year has fallen by 20 percentage points over the...

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Businesses Limit Pass-Through of Tariff Costs Due to ‘Price-Sensitive’ Customers
Businesses Limit Pass-Through of Tariff Costs Due to ‘Price-Sensitive’ Customers
June 05, 2025  |  Business

Business executives don’t feel they can pass the full cost of tariffs along to customers, as they did in 2018, according to researchers at the...

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Fed’s Beige Book Shows Muted Hiring and Spending as Uncertainty Lingers
Fed’s Beige Book Shows Muted Hiring and Spending as Uncertainty Lingers
June 05, 2025  |  Economy

A month and a half since the Federal Reserve’s last Beige Book, which takes the pulse of the economy through observations of businesses and community...

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NY Fed: Businesses Are Already Passing Along Tariff Costs to Consumers
NY Fed: Businesses Are Already Passing Along Tariff Costs to Consumers
June 04, 2025  |  Economy

Just before tariffs took root in April, PYMNTS Intelligence found in its “Certainty Project” report that a majority of firms across various sectors anticipated higher...

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Dollar General Sees Greater-Than-Expected Growth as Higher-Income Consumers Seek Value
Dollar General Sees Greater-Than-Expected Growth as Higher-Income Consumers Seek Value
June 03, 2025  |  Retail

Dollar General’s same-store sales increased 2.4% and its financial results exceeded internal expectations in the quarter ended May 2, as higher-income consumers came to its...

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Auto Sales Return to Normal After Two-Month ‘Tariff Surge’
Auto Sales Return to Normal After Two-Month ‘Tariff Surge’
June 03, 2025  |  Retail

Auto sales reportedly returned to a normal level in May after spiking for two months when consumers sought to make purchases before new tariffs set...

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Fed Governor Lisa Cook: Tariffs Threaten Price Stability and Employment
Fed Governor Lisa Cook: Tariffs Threaten Price Stability and Employment
June 03, 2025  |  Economy

The U.S. economy remains solid, but tariff-driven uncertainty is complicating the Federal Reserve’s efforts to balance price stability and maximum employment, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa...

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Report: Temu Loses 58% of US Daily Users Due to Tariffs
Report: Temu Loses 58% of US Daily Users Due to Tariffs
June 02, 2025  |  eCommerce

Temu reportedly lost 58% of its eCommerce platform’s daily U.S. users in May after the U.S. ended the de minimis exemption on imported goods from...

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