Americans are struggling to keep the cars they’re driving, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found. A CFPB report, titled “Auto Repossession Trends and Consumer Impact,”...
New unemployment insurance data reportedly suggests that the labor market remains solid but that workers who do get laid off are having a harder time...
The year 2024 began as a question mark for the smaller firms that are central to Main Street communities and that power the U.S. economy...
Among the messages conveyed so far in the continuing cavalcade of earnings reports — especially from banks — is that consumer spending is buoyant, a...
The way shoppers shop has changed over the past five years. However, as Procter & Gamble’s second-quarter 2025 earnings showed, some things remain the same....
December’s retail sales, released on Thursday (Jan. 16) by the Census Bureau, were a snapshot of consumer resilience, buoyed by end-of-year sales. And beyond the...
Jobless claims reportedly rose more than expected last week, but media reports said these numbers are typically volatile at the beginning of a new year....
Retail and food services sales in the United States grew in December. They increased 0.4% compared with November and 3.9% compared with December 2023, according...
Citigroup’s fourth-quarter earnings results were part of a trend in banking reports Wednesday (Jan. 15), where consumer spending continued to drive momentum on cards, the...