Inflation may have cooled from its peak, but prices haven’t come down — they’ve simply stopped rising as fast. Rent, insurance, utilities, payroll, and borrowing costs remain elevated. For small and mid-sized businesses, that means thinner margins even when revenue is stable.

Mass-market retailers such as Macy’s, Target, and Dollar General have underperformed, reflecting ongoing consumer caution and a shift toward value among lower-income segments. Our same-store sales data shows premium brands outperforming, while retailers ...

Consumer sentiment increased this month to its highest level since August as households show signs of shaking off the economic dissatisfaction and even outright despair that have gripped the United States in recent months.

The trucking and logistics industries have been plagued by a freight recession for more than three years, the longest on record.

It’s not just Walmart. The leaders of companies that serve everyone from penny-pinching grocery shoppers to first-class travelers are seeing cracks in demand, a shift after resilient consumers propped up the U.S. economy for years despite prolonged ...

Economic data still shows growth, low unemployment, and resilient spending, yet conversations at kitchen tables and in group chats sound far more anxious. The idea of a "rolling recession" helps explain why life can feel like a downturn even when the headline numbers say otherwise.

Canadians’ optimism about their finances waned as the cost of living continues to rise. Over half (53%) said their household income isn’t keeping pace with inflation, according to TransUnion’s (NYSE: TRU) Q4 2025 Canada Consumer Pulse Study.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence declined again in September as Americans' pessimism over inflation and the weakening job market continued to grow. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell by 3.6 points to 94.2 ...

The British Chambers of Commerce’s (BCC) latest Quarterly Economic Survey (Q4 2025) reports that 52 per cent of firms expect to raise prices over the next three months.

Inflation spiked after the COVID-19 pandemic, with those cost increases now baked into the cost picture. Inflation has been lower, but affordability remains a lingering issue. This Dividend King retailer is currently out of line with consumers, as it ...

Consumer sentiment fell again in September and is now at the level it was during the outset of the 2008 financial crisis, a remarkable dynamic driven by inflation. Consumer sentiment fell to 55.1, down from 58.2 in August and below economists ...