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US consumer sentiment

International

US consumer sentiment plunges on tariff fears, inflation expectations jump

Stubborn inflation, high borrowing costs and the end of pandemic savings continue to take a toll on household finances.
International

US consumer borrowing growth slows after near-record surge

Consumers in the Conference Board survey were less optimistic about the outlook for business conditions and their own income prospects.
International

US consumer confidence drops by most since 2021 on outlook

The share of US consumers spontaneously mentioning high interest rates as a negative factor for buying conditions for homes, durable goods and vehicles all fell.
International

US consumer sentiment rises to six-month high on rate relief

Sales at petrol stations in the US dropped 1.2 per cent in August.
International

US retail sales slow on cooldown in cars, petrol spending

The survey’s reading of one-year inflation expectations fell for the fourth straight month to 2.7 per cent.
International

US consumer sentiment rises in September as inflation eases

(FILES) People shop at a supermarket in Montebello, California, on May 15, 2024. The US Federal Reserve's favored inflation measure eased further in June, according to government data published on July 26, 2024. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index eased to an annual rate of 2.5 percent in June, the Commerce Department said in a statement, down slightly from 2.6 percent a month earlier. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)
International

US consumer sentiment increases for first time in five months

Flash US Composite PMI Output Index, which tracks the manufacturing and services sectors, edged up to 55.0 this month.
International

US business activity edges higher; pricing power diminishing

FILE PHOTO: Shoppers carry bags of purchased merchandise at the King of Prussia Mall, United States' largest retail shopping space, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 8, 2018. REUTERS/Mark Makela/File Photo
International

US consumer sentiment ebbs in July; inflation expectations improve

Americans who are doing okay and who know that their neighbours are doing okay have somehow come to believe that bad things are happening somewhere else, to people they don’t know.
Opinion & Features

The matrix of consumer discontent

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