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Tag: Consumer Spending/Budgeting
How Can Spending Be Up When People Feel Down?
[ad_1] Dec. 26, 2023 11:00 pm ET According to the Misery Index, Americans shouldn’t be all that miserable. But they might only recently have started to catch on. Invented by…
Where Did All the Money Go? The Villain in Your Transaction History
[ad_1] Listen to article (2 minutes) WSJ’s Personal Finance team presents a series on how to fix your financial life in 2024. First up: taking on lifestyle creep. Anyone trying…
Americans Are Spending on the Holidays After All
[ad_1] Dec. 14, 2023 11:06 am ET It came with ribbons. It came with tags. It came with packages, boxes or bags. Somehow or other the holiday shopping season came…
UK Retail Sales Remained Weak in November Despite Black Friday Lift
[ad_1] Retail sales growth in the U.K. remained weak in November despite a boost from Black Friday, with the cost-of-living crisis continuing to squeeze household budgets, according to the latest…
American Shoppers Have Plenty of Dry Powder
[ad_1] Americans say they are worried about the economy, and there certainly are reasons to question the staying power of consumer spending. That doesn’t mean they won’t spend heartily this…
Should You Get a Lease or a Car Loan?
[ad_1] Nov. 12, 2023 10:00 am ET Shopping for a car is more fun than paying for it. Once you have settled on a make and model, there are several…
How Work From Home Has Reshaped What Americans Buy
[ad_1] Americans are still spending more of their money on stuff than they did before the pandemic. There is little reason to think that is about to stop. Early in…
People No Longer Know How Much to Tip
[ad_1] Tipping can be seen as an obligation or as a choice—and, as a new study shows, the answer often varies by generation. Younger people are more likely to tip…