WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation picked up last month and consumers barely raised their spending, signs that the economy was already cooling even before most tariffs were imposed. Friday’s report from the ...

Consumer sentiment fell sharply in April for the fourth straight month as the trade war fuels worries about inflation and ...

How's the American consumer doing? Recent comments from companies and their executives offers clues, with some citing healthy ...

American consumers expect prices to rise by 6.7% over the next year, according to a closely watched survey of consumer sentiment from the University of Michigan. The inflation expectation figure is ...

The first monthly decline in prices in nearly five years also suggested softening demand amid recession fears and led markets ...

The university’s advance monthly consumer sentiment index for April tumbled, falling nearly 11% from a month earlier and is ...

While the CPI-E and CPI-W can vary considerably from year to year, over the last 15 years, they've produced similar ...

It started creeping upward that year when a combination of supply chain backlogs and generous stimulus policies fueled a rapid uptick in consumer spending. Inflation peaked in mid-2022 and has bee ...

Consumer sentiment plunged 11% this month to a preliminary reading of 50.8, the University of Michigan said in its latest survey released Friday, the second-lowest reading on records going back to ...

US consumer spending for Easter is expected to rise about 5% this year as Americans snap up candy and gifts to celebrate despite concerns around high inflation and economic uncertainty ...

Year-ahead inflation expectations shot up from 5% to 6.7%, the highest reading since 1981, according to the University of ...

For instance, declining business investment causes rising unemployment, which causes consumer spending cutbacks ... But the ...