Experts fling themselves from one direction to another, but consumers have a steadier sense of what is happening overall.

Gross Domestic Product data for the second quarter came out on Thursday. Economists expected a moderate slowdown in growth, given inflation and interest rates. Instead, the reading shows a robust ...

Neither business leaders nor consumers needed to hear Wednesday’s dismal news that the U.S. economy shrank 0.3 percent during the first quarter of 2025 to voice their concerns about the way things are ...

Economic growth came in pretty strong for the fourth quarter of 2024. As we learned on Thursday, GDP rose at an annual rate of 2.3%. And consumer spending is a key contributor. It rose 4.2% for the ...

With just days before Election Day, the U.S. just got its latest economic report card — and it's good, even if many people don't feel that way. The U.S. economy grew at a solid annual rate of 2.8% in ...

Consumers splurged on goods in particular, but also on services, and they accounted for 69% of GDP and moved the GDP needle. The trade deficit worsened further, driven by rampant consumer spending and ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Consumer confidence has plummeted to its lowest level since January 2021, raising concerns about the potential impact on the economy. While traditional metrics like GDP and ...

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates last week because of fresh worries about the jobs market, but the broader U.S. economy still appears to be in pretty good shape thanks to American consumers.

Explore how AI-driven capital spending is fueling US GDP growth, masking economic fragility as consumer trends shift.

With consumer spending weak and other economic data pointing to a slowing economy, stocks that benefit from consumers trading ...

The broader U.S. economy still appears to be in pretty good shape thanks to American consumers The Federal Reserve cut interest rates last week because of fresh worries about the jobs market, but the ...