It’s vital for Congress to pair pro-growth tax cuts with pro-growth spending reforms. The federal budget itself needs a ...

“Then 20% goes to savings and investments , and the remaining 30% covers discretionary ... your own budget with the 50/30/20 rule. Think of your budget like baking a pie. Your first step is ...

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 ...

According to Cohen, subscription services are among the newest ways consumers are indulging and enhancing their lifestyles, and the opportunities are expansive. Melania Trump launches her own ...

As India’s top IT firms conclude their third quarter for fiscal year 2025, they are cautiously optimistic about a likely rise in discretionary spending in key markets like the US and Europe.

India’s second-largest information technology (IT) services company also raised its full-year revenue outlook for the third time this financial year, crediting improving discretionary spending ...

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The state budget has grown enormously since just before the pandemic, when it was only $9.3 billion, in part due to significant infusions of federal money. A recent report by the Rhode Island ...

Vought advocated for pushing the fiscal 2025 spending bills into the new Congress to give Trump and the Senate Republican majority more input into its top-line spending number and funding priorities.