By Makiko Yamazaki and Tom Bateman TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese firms agreed to raise wages by more than 5% on average this year, on course for their most substantial pay hike in over three decades - a ...

Consumer Spending in Specific Categories . Below are the major spending categories the BLS aggregates and tracks statistics on. Note that as of September 2024, the most recent ann ...

Consumer surveys show a decline in sentiment as President Donald Trump ramped up tariff talk, while retail sales and consumer spending levels have also decreased.

Such spending, though, brings the risk of "developing ... Their research findings and suggested actions for policymakers can work to increase consumer caution of overspending and overconsumption ...

The consumer price index rose 2.8% in February compared to a year ago, with a 0.2% increase from January. These figures were ...

U.S. consumer spending fell for the first time in nearly two years in January and the goods trade deficit widened to a record ...

Ahn and his colleagues argue that lowering the amount of each payment encourages consumer spending. The second reason is that BNPL makes budgeting easier. Unlike traditional credit card payments ...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. oil and gas producers are unlikely to increase spending this year and output ... maximize oil and gas production and reduce consumer energy costs. Still, oil prices ...