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Macy’s and Target Give Cautious Sales Forecasts, Suggesting Consumer Spending Slowdown
Macy's and Target signal potential consumer spending slowdown with cautious sales forecasts amid inflation and economic uncertainty.
August 21, 2024
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Tom Ozimek
Inflation News From China Tells a Sorry Tale
Deflation at the factory gate reveals serious and fundamental economic distortions.
July 27, 2024
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Milton Ezrati
Fed President Points to Several ‘Warning Signs’ for Economy
He singled out rising unemployment claims, increases in debt delinquency rates, and what seems to be cooling in ...
June 24, 2024
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Tom Ozimek
Rue21 Files for Bankruptcy, Closing Over 540 Stores
The company announced a ‘going out of business’ sale, offering items at a 30-50 percent discount.
May 5, 2024
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Naveen Athrappully
Record Household Debt Suggests Consumers Facing Financial Strain
A resilient consumer could become a more budget-conscious one this year, experts warn.
February 19, 2024
BY
Andrew Moran
US Holiday Retail Sales Slow From Last Year, Mastercard Data Show
Consumer spending outlook for 2024 remains mixed.
December 28, 2023
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Andrew Moran
You Can’t Eat the GDP
Commentary Well, that was one of the more interesting haircut experiences I’ve had in a while. The lady ...
October 26, 2023
BY
Jeffrey A. Tucker
Ex-Walmart CEO Says US Consumers Reaching Breaking Point
Political polarization, inflation, and high interest rates are all working together to undermine consumers and their propensity to ...
October 13, 2023
BY
Tom Ozimek
US Economic Growth at 2.1 Percent in 2nd Quarter Because of Lower Business Spending
U.S. Economic Growth Revised To 2.1 Percent In Second Quarter, Due To Lower Business Spending.
August 30, 2023
BY
Bryan Jung
Consumer Spending Grows by Just 0.1 Percent in May, Inflation Remains High
U.S. consumer spending stalled in May to the lowest growth rate this year as inflation remained elevated. Consumer ...
July 1, 2023
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Naveen Athrappully
UK Economic Growth in April Driven by Consumer Spending: ONS
The UK economy rebounded in April, following weaker performance in March, official figures have shown. Britain’s GDP increased ...
June 14, 2023
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Evgenia Filimianova
Robust Consumer Spending Could Be Bad News for Inflation
News Analysis American consumers are proving to be more resilient than many market experts had expected in the ...
May 30, 2023
BY
Andrew Moran
Vote With Your Wallet!
Commentary In graduate school, I encountered the disturbing theory that your vote doesn’t actually count for much. We ...
May 30, 2023
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Jeffrey A. Tucker
Retail Sales Come in Below Expectations After 2 Months of Declines
U.S. retail sales rose slightly in April but fell below expectations after two months of declines. Retail sales ...
May 17, 2023
BY
Bryan Jung
ANALYSIS: After a Strong Opening, China’s Economy Begins to Falter
News analysis Not even a month ago, reports of a first-quarter consumer-spending surge created much enthusiasm about China’s ...
May 16, 2023
BY
Milton Ezrati
Consumer Spending Is Not the Cause of the Current Inflation
Commentary In the United States, consumer spending is increasing not from a rise in income but from a ...
January 13, 2023
BY
Paul Craig Roberts
Americans’ Spending Expectations Fall Sharply in Warning Sign for Economy: New York Fed
Americans are planning to spend less in the near term, according to a December 2022 survey from the ...
January 9, 2023
BY
Tom Ozimek
American Consumer Sentiment Plunges While Inflation Expectations Rise
Consumer sentiment fell last month while expectations of inflation among the general populace rose, according to a University ...
November 12, 2022
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Naveen Athrappully
The GDP Offers No Comfort
Commentary After two quarters of decline earlier this year, the nation’s real gross domestic product (GDP) ticked up ...
November 4, 2022
BY
Milton Ezrati
American Express Sees ‘Mixed Signals’ in Economy but Consumer Spending Still Strong
The CFO of American Express said that consumer spending trends remain strong, despite acknowledging “mixed signals” in the ...
October 22, 2022
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Bryan Jung
Americans’ Spending Expectations Plummet, Fresh Warning Sign for the Economy
Household spending expectations have fallen in the month of August amid elevated inflation rates, signaling potentially bad days ...
October 12, 2022
BY
Naveen Athrappully
How Bad of a Recession? It Depends on the Consumer
Commentary Consumer spending drives two-thirds of the U.S. economy. But the resolve of American consumers will be put ...
August 29, 2022
BY
Fan Yu
Cost-of-Living Crisis Hits US Households
Economists have pasted many labels on today's economic landscape: recession, stagflation, or an economy that's transitioning to slower ...
August 23, 2022
BY
Andrew Moran
Here Is What Stagflation Looks Like
Commentary Yes, we have some stagflation. Subsequent to the pre-COVID peak in Q4 2019, real final sales of ...
August 4, 2022
BY
David Stockman
Inland Empire Warehouse Region Reports Record-Low Capacity as ‘Bullwhip Effect’ Strikes US Economy
The largest warehouse market in the United States is reaching full capacity after several months of slowing retail ...
August 3, 2022
BY
Nicholas Dolinger
Fed Report Reveals Nationwide Economic Slowdown, Increased Fear of Recession
The Federal Reserve's most recent Beige Book report has raised concerns about inflation and a slowdown of the ...
July 14, 2022
BY
Naveen Athrappully
Bank of America Reports Slowdown in Consumer Spending
An analysis of Bank of America’s (BoA) aggregated credit and debit card spending growth per household has shown ...
July 12, 2022
BY
Naveen Athrappully
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