Ashley and Nick Evancho say raising their 3-year-old, Sophia, is one of the most joyous things they've ever done. But the ...

The global economic system developed in an era of rapid population growth. With aging populations and people deciding to have smaller families, economists are raising concerns about future prosperity.

The impact of millennials having fewer kids will probably be worse than the impact of aging boomers, an economist told ...

Read about the 3 critical challenges facing U.S. consumers. Investors must consider whether the market's strength can persist ...

Americans are souring on the economy again to levels seen rarely in the post-World War II era, raising the question of what it means for spending, economic growth and other key metrics gauging the ...

As kids prepare to head back to school, experts say parents shopping for backpacks, pencils and other supplies haven’t yet experienced the full extent of the tariff-related sticker shock expected to ...

Consumer sentiment soured in October as a government shutdown threatens to weaken a wobbly economy beset by an uptick in inflation and a sharp slowdown of hiring, fresh data on Friday showed. The ...

Consumer sentiment soured in September, and inflation expectations ticked up again, worrying signs for the economy. Consumer sentiment fell to 55.4, down from 58.2 in August and below economists’ ...

Governor Tony Evers has signed an executive order declaring a state of emergency amid a lapse in FoodShare benefits due to ...

Surveys of Consumers Director Joanne Hsu: “Consumer sentiment moved sideways this month.” At 55 index points, sentiment is virtually unchanged from September. Weakness in expectations for future ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misspelled Jeremy Horpedahl's name. America’s middle class is spooked about the economy. Consumer confidence has been falling for most of ...