The "new high" media reports, the Fed's lower interest rate, and AI speculation have supported investor optimism so far. However, the key support of the economy is consumer spending, and consumers are ...

Consumer sentiment rose to 54 in the University of Michigan's latest survey, exceeding economists' expectations despite ...

Investors are keeping an eye on consumer spending amid tariff concerns. The U.S. stock market's consumer sectors remain "unfavorable" amid ongoing concern over how tariffs may change shopping behavior ...

Despite clear deterioration in the jobs markets and a housing sector that continues to struggle, the major indexes remain near all-time highs. Hopes for soon-coming reductions in the Fed Funds rate ...

Simply growing revenues and cash flow is not enough. Founders must adapt their capital and funding strategies in real time to ...

Survey data from The Conference Board shows Americans are feeling better about the economy than they were earlier in the year, but concerns about the job market linger. Consumer spending amounts to ...

U.S. consumer sentiment toward the housing market improved in May and reached its highest level since November 2024, according to Fannie Mae. Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index (HPSI) rose 4.3 ...

Americans grew more pessimistic about the labor market and future inflation in September, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. “Labor market expectations continued to ...

It was a tough day for the retail market when the semiconductor giant Micron announced its exit from its Crucial consumer business. The development acted as a plot twist no one wished for in the ...

The global race to build AI data centres is draining memory chips from the consumer market. From smartphones to laptops, a shortage of memory chips is leaving phone and computer makers in a tight spot ...