BofA's survey shows rising home improvement spending plans, falling consumer confidence, and growing expectations for higher ...

A new survey from the University of Michigan shows Americans bracing for economic pain as tariffs and policy uncertainty bite ...

Thinking about 2025, most shoppers (75%) expect to continue shopping in-store at the same frequency. Almost half say that they don’t plan to use curbside pickup, in-person delivery, in-store pickup or ...

Consumer spending consistently accounts for about 70% of the U.S. economy. What Americans buy with all of that consumption is divided into two major categories: First, there’s nondiscretionary ...

But consumer spending unexpectedly slowed ... economy have taken center stage in recent days as a number of sentiment surveys have shown consumers souring on the outlook for growth as well ...

"The Conference Board survey is the 3rd data point in less ... conditions and their outlook for the next six months. Consumer spending accounts for about two-thirds of U.S. economic activity ...

also found that 76% of Americans cut back spending – up from 67% last year. The Wells Fargo study found that many Americans are delaying major purchases, such as buying a house. AP “Consumer ...

The Conference Board is a non-partisan think tank that conducts regular surveys on the economy. Its confidence index for February echoes a similar report on consumer sentiment from the University ...

Vacation plans dropped further. While the relationship between confidence and consumer spending is weak, the survey aligned with economists’ expectations for a significant slowdown in ...

The American consumer is getting worried about ... which may be affecting people’s spending plans, according to a new Wells Fargo survey released Tuesday. About three-quarters of 3,657 adults ...

With U.S. consumer spending accounting for about 70% of the world’s largest economy, the three major stock indexes on Wall Street all fell on news of the report. The tech-heavy NASDAQ dropped by ...