Several types of discretionary spending have long been exempt from counting toward spending limits—that needs to change. Congress must move beyond the broken “discretionary” budget system ...

Marshal Cohen, the chief retail analyst at Circana, breaks down discretionary spending in 2025. "The average American consumer, and this is for household income, runs at about $850 on an annual ...

Post-holiday, discretionary spending has shifted back to the established baseline performance in January, with consumers ...