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 ...

The Impact of Consumer Spending on Economic Activity . Consuming final goods is the result and motivation for economic ...

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 ...

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 ...

The strongest US quarterly earnings season in more than four years has lifted sentiment for equities, while worries about ...

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 Consumer Price Index (CPI) regularly measures the change in the prices paid by consumers in the U.S. for a representative basket of goods and services.

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 US economy really is the AI economy now. In the first quarter, business investments contributed more to the 2% growth in ...