The heavy snow that recently befell the people of Boston likewise froze out consumer spending in the region. According to a SpendTrend report from First Data, during a one-month stretch beginning with Boston’s first major snowfall on Jan. 24, more than 25,000 merchants in the...
April 03, 2015
Winter storms blasted half a percentage point from U.S. economic growth in Q1 2015, making it the second year in a row that weather hammered the economy during the first quarter, according to a survey of economists by Bloomberg. Just under half of the 37 economists surveyed said the frigid temperatures and snow that blanketed […]
March 12, 2015
The heavy snow that recently befell the people of Boston likewise froze out consumer spending in the region. According to a SpendTrend report from First Data, during a one-month stretch...