Learn the key differences between the Consumer Confidence Index and the Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index to understand their ...

There's a puzzling split between how consumers overall feel about the economy and how they're acting, how much they are spending overall. Normally spending and feelings go together. Not right now.

Learn how the Personal Income and Outlays report from the BEA offers insights into consumer spending, income, and economic trends—critical for smart financial decisions.

A lot has been going on in the spending and consumer sides of the economy lately. Later this week, there will news on how a bunch of mega-retailers are doing, with earnings reports from Home Depot, ...

Americans spent $2.32 billion in May at movie theaters, 166.1% higher than in January's pre-vax economy.

Consumers will continue to drive the U.S. economy next year, but a softening labor market may dampen growth, according to ...

Wherever consumer sentiment goes, consumer spending usually goes too. They're like buddies that do everything together. Consumer sentiment wants a hair cut, its buddy consumer spending does too. But ...

On Tuesday, we’ll learn more about how one of the main engines of the economy is doing when we get retail sales numbers from the Census Bureau. If the latest private data is any indication, consumer ...

US consumer spending stalled in September, suggesting Americans were already stretched going into the government shutdown in the face of stubborn inflation.

Americans may feel worse about the economy, but they are still wielding their credit cards with confidence. An escalating trade war, a prolonged government shutdown and a stagnant job market have ...

S&P Global’s current estimates show earnings are growing far above the long-term exponential growth trend from 1936. With regularity, earnings tend to repeatedly revert to the long-term trend due to ...