Consumers and Businesses Send Distress Signal as Economic Fear Sets In
We are cutting back on virtually everything.” ...
Consumer Cos Up on Fed Hopes -- Consumer Roundup
The University of Michigan's closely watched index of consumer sentiment nosedived an additional 11% to 57.9 in mid-March from 64.7 last month, a far cry from economists' target of 63.2. Anticipation ...
Consumer Sentiment Tanks as Americans Expect More Pain Ahead
Uncertainty around the economy, stocks and jobs are taking a toll. One economist labeled the latest reading from the ...
US consumer sentiment plunges on tariff fears, inflation expectations jump
U.S. consumer sentiment plunged to a nearly 2-1/2-year low in March and inflation expectations soared amid worries that ...
Consumer sentiment plunges on worries about tariffs and inflation
U.S. consumer sentiment swooned in March to a more than two-year low, with a preliminary gauge released by the University of ...
Money blog: Morrisons trialling new way of paying that makes theft almost impossible
Trump's tariffs are the focus of the Money blog today. A 25% tariff on all steel and aluminium imports to the US has taken effect and Canada and the EU have retaliated. Sir Keir Starmer has taken a ...
Tariff concerns batter consumer confidence, spark inflation worries
Consumers expect prices to rise at an annual rate of 3.9% over the next five to 10 years, the highest in more than three ...
Tariff concerns driving consumer inflation expectations higher: Capital Economics
Consumers’ inflation expectations jumped this month, reflecting concerns over tariffs, according to Capital Economics. “One-year inflation expectations increased to 4.9% while five-year expectations ...
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Economists tackle estimating consumer effects following losses of birds and eggs to avian influenza
Fewer and more expensive eggs in 2024 put an estimated $1.41 billion burden on consumers in 2024, according to study by a trio of researchers examining the impact of highly ...
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Economists look behind rising eggs costs
Expectations are for the price burden to continue through 2025 as producers work to repopulate laying hens lost to HPAI ...
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Modest Cocoa Surplus to Ease Record Global Shortage, ICCO Says
The surplus comes as higher prices have boosted production and harmed ... low inventories after last year’s record deficit, and market players including Barry Callebaut AG, the world’s biggest ...