American shoppers pulled back on their spending last month for the first time since August as stubborn inflation continued to bite and harsh weather curbed economic activity. Retail sales plunged 0.9% ...

Activists planned an economic blackout for Feb. 28, urging consumers to not spend for a day and boycott companies that rolled ...

Many voters don’t object to the Trump administration shuttering agencies in Washington, but political winds may shift if ...

The lawsuit filed last week to halt the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development ...

A growing number of organizations and activists are calling on consumers to boycott retailers. We explain why.

Many Republicans have long seen the foreign aid agency, which Trump wants to gut, as a benefit for the United States.

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst has hailed Elon Musk and the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency as a necessary force in Washington, D.C., calling it “a ...

Consumer durables shares jumped as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, during her Union Budget 2025 speech, announced that no income tax ... help revive consumer spending, particularly in ...

Consumer staples stocks rose after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that no income tax will be levied ... These measures could help revive consumer spending, particularly in the ...

U.S. prices rose in December while consumer spending surged, indicating that the Federal Reserve ... reference to inflation having "made progress" toward the Fed's 2% target. No rate cut is expected ...

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration likely violated federal law with a controversial directive that aimed to pause spending on potentially trillions of dollars of grants and loans to a vast ...

The increase was in line with economists' expectations. Goods prices rose 0.2%, the first gain in five months, lifted by higher costs for motor vehicles and parts as well as gasoline and other ...