Consumer Confidence

Home sharing is becoming more expensive than a hotel stay as greedy homeowners slip in exorbitant cleaning fees and service fees. At the same …

The October credit card surprise wherein Americans tacked on $8 billion in revolving credit petered-out in November, dropping more than $2 billion, ostensibly due …

Consumer confidence may be beginning to show some cracks as recent surveys and monthly data confirm. Affecting about two-thirds of economy, the fog will …

Holiday retail sales solid, hitting projections of 3-4% growth over last year’s shopping season. Specialty apparel was the hottest online retail category. Gizmo sales …

Retailers pray for one more week this holiday season as consumer buying habits have been slowly changing. The late Thanksgiving reduced the holiday shopping …

Americans tapping holiday credit early this year as holiday spending drove U.S. credit card debt up by nearly $8 billion in October, now growing …

Small business owner optimism continues to hold steady despite concerning and growing global economic negative indicators. However, the delay in turmoil is likely linked …

U.S. credit card debt continued to decline in September for the second consecutive month following a July surge and an April/May spending binge. In …

U.S. credit card debt began to unravel in August as Americans knocked-off $2 billion in new revolving consumer debt, mostly credit card debt. After …

Main Street recession talk is disrupting small business plans and bubbling Downtown to Wall Street. Another short-term interest rate today cut (second time this …