Consumer Spending Archives - Page 24 of 31

We have, for several years now, highlighted the significance of Mortgage Equity Withdrawal (MEW) in the U.S. as a major source of...

Last week, I noted that the Back-to-School Sales were, at first glance, Surprisingly Strong. I should have known better. It turns out...

We moved to much larger quarters yesterday, and I am somewhat out of the loop, as we await Verizon to hook up our big fat pipes, office...

This can’t be good: "US consumers are defaulting on credit card payments at a significantly higher rate than last year,...

As I mentioned in earlier this year, we sold our house, and moved late March. Since settling in, we started some work on a house that was...

via the Onion

Great article in Smart Money that fits in well with recent Retail Day: how and why certain pricing strategies occur. Here’s a quick...

Here is a roundup of all the recent Retail Sales/Consumer Spending we have covered this week: • June Retail Sales Data: Our look at the...

According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, Retail Food Prices Up 4 Percent In Second Quarter. On a year over year basis, the...

I’m off to Bloomberg TV from 10:40am or so. We will be discussing all of the recent Retail Data, and its impact on the Markets and...