Consumer culture, though, can also be considered psychologically, and the cycle of overconsumption can become very similar to addiction. Philip Gable, a university professor of psychological and brain ...

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Consumer confidence fell in February in the sharpest one-month drop since August 2021. Scott Horsley, NPR’s chief economics correspondent, joins us now to explain.

Consumer confidence in the U.S. saw its biggest monthly decline since August 2021, dropping to 98.3 in February 2025 from 105.3 in January, as inflation fears and tariff concerns rattled households.

Consumer confidence plummeted in February as more Americans grapple with concern that President Donald Trump’s policies could slow growth and cause prices to rise, according to a new survey.

New records show that the F.B.I. identified Bryan Kohberger as a potential murder suspect after tapping consumer databases ... to skirt those limits could mean that the companies’ privacy ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 25 (Reuters) - U.S. consumer confidence deteriorated at its sharpest pace in 3-1/2 years in February while 12-month inflation expectations surged, offering further signs that ...

The Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) is a survey administered by the Conference Board. The CCI measures what consumers are feeling about their expected financial situation, whether that's ...

Interestingly, the meaning of debate and emotional expression ... published The Argument Culture: Stopping America’s War of Words in 1999. She writes, “The argument culture urges us to ...

The numbers: The second of two readings of consumer sentiment in February slipped to 64.7 from 67.8 earlier in the month, the University of Michigan said Friday. It’s the lowest level since ...

This past week the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ... cautioning that price controls create shortages—meaning that banks may restrict accounts for high-risk ...