Not adjusted for inflation, consumer spending jumped by 0.5% in November from October and by 5.4% from a year ago. Incomes ...

Personal income in the U.S. fell by $109.6 billion (0.4%) in May, driven primarily by declines in government benefits and farm income. Consumer spending also dipped, with personal consumption ...

Inflation is weighing on US incomes to a degree comparable to the 2008 Great Recession – potentially reducing consumer spending power ahead of the crucial holiday shopping season, according to a ...

Consumers continued to ramp up their spending as the holiday shopping season kicked into high gear in November, but inflation continued to bite, new data showed Thursday.

BOSTON, Nov. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Prospects for the US consumer are darkening as mounting signs of financial and economic stress for lower-income Americans intensify risks of a downturn ahead for ...

Americans are spending more money than they’re making due to tariff-induced cost pressures. Plus: ICE raids on businesses, Olympic surfing, and an LA artist. New data from the Bureau of Economic ...

Households still purchase foods based primarily on taste, affordability and safety, regardless of income level.