The latest unemployment data reportedly points to a continued gradual cooling of the labor market. During the week ended Saturday (Aug. 24), the number of...
As consumers navigate a challenging economic environment, they are increasingly adopting buy now, pay later (BNPL) options to manage their spending. Affirm, a leading BNPL...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is changing how it announces data after an incident in which a data release was delayed but the information was...
Is the American consumer cautiously confident? Confidently cautious? Somewhere in the middle? The Conference Board released its Consumer Confidence Index Tuesday (Aug. 27), which showed...
There’s a chorus growing among companies that want to go public: Wait until next year. The 2024 initial public offering (IPO) market rebound that bankers...
U.S. companies ordered less business equipment last month, new government data shows. Figures released Monday (Aug. 26) by the Commerce Department show that the value...
The number of initial claims for unemployment insurance increased by 4,000 during the week ended Saturday (Aug. 17), suggesting a cooling of the labor market...
TJ Maxx/Marshalls’ parent TJX continues to benefit from value-chasing consumers. The discount retail company released earnings Wednesday (Aug. 21) showing sales up 6% for the...
A downward revision to previously released job market data might be enough to spur interest rate cuts. But the damage to the paycheck-to-paycheck economy —...