The shape of economic growth this year highlights the widening gap between wealthy Americans and everyone else, economists ...

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 ...

Consumers report feeling increasingly glum about the economy. Still, data suggests there has been no significant slowdown in their spending habits. The conflicting trends have made for an increasingly ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.