During a White House small business summit, President Donald Trump said the economy is strong and his policies are satisfying Americans. "Consumer confidence is way up," Trump said at the May 4 event.

With the U.S. government shutdown stretching into its 17th day and official economic data releases on hold, new figures from Morning Consult showed positive Y/Y consumer spending growth for the eighth ...

Business investment contributed more to first quarter GDP than consumer spending as AI increasingly drives the US economy.

The Bloomberg Second Measure U.S. Consumer Spend Index shows that observed U.S. consumer spending increased 1.4% year-over-year (YoY) in October 2025, reversing the summer slowdown. Nonstore Retailers ...

U.S. markets enter the week at record highs with focus shifting to Friday’s April jobs report and a wave of earnings from major consumer, travel, and hospitality companies. Analysts will assess ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer spending rose solidly in January and underlying inflation maintained a strong pace of increase, which together with the dragging war in the Middle East strengthened ...

Consumer spending data often provides a glimpse into the future — revealing which products Americans are likely to prioritize. For 2026, new projections show some surprising trends. New data from LLC ...

The last piece of official inflation data to land before the Federal Reserve’s policymaking meeting next week was a shutdown-delayed report that showed the pace of price hikes remained stubborn in ...

The free-spending days that followed the pandemic are over. Oregonians’ spending grew by just 5.1% last year, according to recently published data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. That’s ...

Households are starting to make room in their budgets for spending on generative AI subscriptions, new data shows.