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US consumer spending picks up as inflation hits three-year high

The numbers on spending, meanwhile, suggest consumers have become more cautious amid cost-of-living concerns and uneven hiring trends.

US consumer spending edges up as inflation accelerates

A large screen showing the latest stock exchange and economic data in Shanghai on Apr 20. China’s stock market has emerged as one of the best performers globally as investors sought shelter from the Iran war.

Chinese manufacturing growth overtaken by finance amid IPO boom

Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed its monthly CPI was unchanged in February, from the previous month.

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Travel was “the stand-out category” in 2025, with travel merchant spend growing 2.5 times more than the average spend, while cross-border spending boomed.

AI boom lifts outbound travel as Singapore, Apac economies splurge abroad

Reflecting worries about inflation, more than half of the people surveyed by Barclays said they planned to reduce spending on food and discretionary items this year.

UK consumers cut spending in December by most since 2021, Barclays says

CEO Donald Kng hopes revenue from Vetreska’s Fur stores can hit “seven digits in Singapore dollars”.

Singapore is the ‘litmus test’ for how much consumers will spend on their pets: Vetreska CEO Donald Kng

"McNuggetisation" – the moment America hit in the 1980s, when meat ceased to be aspirational, and became sort of cheap and trashy instead – is on its way to China.
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‘McNuggetisation’ is coming for the Chinese diet

Americans are also still dealing with sticky inflation, which risks staying elevated as President Donald Trump’s tariffs trickle through the economy.

US consumer spending beats estimates with core inflation steady

Amazon and Walmart held sales promotions last month to lure inflation-weary consumers with deep discounts, including on back-to-school essentials.

US retail sales increase solidly in July