Household news and trends

Household Borrowing, Consumer Debt, Reaches Record $12.73 Trillion
Consumer Finance // June 07, 2017

With incomes in the U.S. seeing less-than-stellar growth, a lot of spending is being done with consumer debt instead of cash, which could create problems for some consumers when it’s time to pay it back. According to a report in Bloomberg, household borrowing has increased...

Today In Data: Say Goodbye To Landlines
Today In Data // May 08, 2017

With the rise of smartphones and other mobile phones, landlines are slowly becoming an old-school good that not many people have in their homes anymore. According to the just released data from the U.S. Health Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, landline...

SharkNinja And The Value-Added Future
Commerce // April 04, 2017

William Shakespeare famously wrote, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other name would smell as sweet” in 1595 — since then it’s been the world’s go-to reminder that what something is is separate from what it’s called. Mostly sound advice...

Quick Reads
Lower-Income Households More Confident In Economy

March 31, 2019
Consumer sentiment improved in March as Americans felt better about the economy and the potential to earn money. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal over the weekend citing the University of Michigan’s index of U.S. consumer sentiment, the index came in at 98.4 in March, up from 93.8 in February.  It also higher […]

Household Borrowing, Consumer Debt, Reaches Record $12.73 Trillion

June 07, 2017
With incomes in the U.S. seeing less-than-stellar growth, a lot of spending is being done with consumer debt instead of cash, which could create problems for some consumers when it’s...

Today In Data: Say Goodbye To Landlines

May 08, 2017
With the rise of smartphones and other mobile phones, landlines are slowly becoming an old-school good that not many people have in their homes anymore. According to the just released...