Consumer News Inflation Is Pushing Families To Spend More Than Their Incomes

Inflation is cooling, so why is there an ‘affordability crisis?’

Housing and insurance costs remain stubbornly high, keeping monthly bills elevated even as overall inflation cools. Food prices have stopped rising ... Read More

Economic analyst says consumer spending has been resilient despite uncertainty

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to an economic analyst for Visa about consumer spending this year, and what we could expect going into 2026. Read More

UK consumer spending fell 0.2% in 2025, the first drop since 2020

UK consumers reined in their spending for the first time since 2020, amid growing concerns about rising living costs. According to Barclays data debit and credit card spending fell, even as households ... Read More

Consumers feared a Trump tariff inflation crisis. Will it ever come?

Millions of Americans braced for runaway inflation in response to President Trump's aggressive import tariffs. They're still waiting. Read More

Americans spending more for the holidays despite dour economic views

Americans may not be feeling jolly about their economic prospects, but that didn't stop shoppers from opening their wallets on Black Friday and driving spending to new records. Despite record holiday ... Read More

Consumers' collective feeling about the economy isn't matching our spending behavior

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. Read More

Relentless financial pressure has Black Friday shoppers of all incomes even more hungry for deals than usual today

'The consumer right now is absolutely value-centric' After several years of rising prices and economic uncertainty, Black Friday shoppers are more focused on scoring the best deals. Both lower income ... Read More

Inflation stifles US income growth ahead of holiday shopping season

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 ... Read More

Consumer Sentiment, An Important Indicator Of The Economy, Falls More

Friday came the data from the University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers. November 2025 data. The overall index of consumer sentiment fell from 53.6 in October to 51.0. November 2024 it was 71.8, a ... Read More

The Consumer Sentiment vs. Consumer Spending Puzzle

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 ... Read More