Sevens Report Research Founder Tom Essaye joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss GDP growth, the market’s reaction to the report, consumer spending, the slump in business investment, investor sentiment, ...

When we think of recession signals, we usually think of unemployment rates, consumer spending, or GDP drops. But lately, ...

Learn how consumer spending drives economic performance, measures, and its role in GDP; essential for investors, businesses, and policymakers alike.

The economic fallout from the pandemic has eroded consumers’ confidence. An index measuring consumers’ views about the short-term outlook for income, business and labor market conditions declined from ...

The Bureau of Economic Analysis said the improved second-quarter GDP results are credited to a decrease in imports, which are ...

Canada’s GDP came roaring back in the first quarter with consumers doing much of the heavy lifting. Statistics Canada reported on May 31 that gross domestic product rebounded 3.1 per cent annualized ...

It says households are dipping into their savings and shifting spending away from housing as rate cuts cushion the slowdown.

Strong consumer spending, despite tariffs, was a key driver. The U.S. economy rebounded in the second quarter, with the gross domestic product (GDP) growing by 3.0%, according to the U.S. Bureau of ...

U.S. GDP shrank 0.5% in Q1 2025, reversing Q4 growth, driven by rising imports and slowing consumer spending. Consumer spending was revised lower, contributing to a 1.9% rise in final sales—down from ...

(Bloomberg) — The US economy expanded at a solid pace in the third quarter, largely powered by a broad-based advance in consumer spending and steady business investment. Gross domestic product ...

[SYDNEY] Australia’s economy grew at the fastest annual pace in almost two years in the second quarter as consumers finally started spending after a long fallow stretch, data showed on Wednesday (Sep ...

Canada's economy expanded 0.3 per cent in May, after remaining essentially unchanged in the previous month, Statistics Canada reported Tuesday. Significant increases in retail and wholesale trade ...