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Tag: Consumer Behavior

How Will China Turn Its Economy Back On? The World Is About to Find Out.

For months, investors and C.E.O.s waited anxiously for China to ease up on its Covid restrictions, which burdened the economy and were out of...

How This Economic Moment Rewrites the Rules

Indeed, the Federal Reserve is trying to cut it off. Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, has described the labor market, with twice as...

As Inventory Piles Up, Liquidation Warehouses Are Busy

PITTSTON, Pa. — Once upon a time, when parents were scrambling to occupy their children during pandemic lockdowns, bicycles were hard to find. But...

U.S. Economy Shows Another Decline, Fanning Recession Fears

A key measure of economic output fell for the second straight quarter, raising fears that the United States could be entering a recession —...

Fed Prepares Another Rate Increase as Wall Street Wonders What’s Next

Federal Reserve officials are set to make a second abnormally large interest rate increase this week as they race to cool down an overheating...

Voters See a Bad Economy, Even if They’re Doing OK

The fastest inflation in four decades has Americans feeling dour about the economy, even as their own finances have, so far, held up relatively...

Fed Moves Toward Another Big Rate Increase as Inflation Lingers

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve, determined to choke off rapid inflation before it becomes a permanent feature of the American economy, is steering toward...

Less Takeout, More Produce Swapping: How Inflation Is Altering People’s Behavior

Americans are suffering from sticker shock.With inflation running at 8.6 percent, its fastest pace in 40 years, people are balking at the rising cost...

Wall Street’s Losing Streak Ends, but Uncertainty That Drove It Lingers

The stock market’s staggering run of losses came to an end last week, with the S&P 500 snapping a seven-week losing streak and pulling...

As Stocks Fall, Economic Fears Rise, Along With Inflation

Broadly speaking, earnings reports have shown that profit growth continues, and results from some big firms, like Microsoft and Facebook’s parent, Meta Platforms, did...

Economy Contracted in the First Quarter, but Underlying Measures Were Solid

The U.S. economy contracted in the first three months of the year, as supply constraints at home, demand shortfalls abroad and rapid inflation worldwide...

Why the Fed Raised Interest Rates

Prices for groceries, couches and rent are all climbing rapidly, and Federal Reserve officials have been warily eyeing that trend.On Wednesday, they took their...

Rising Gas Prices Have Drivers Asking, ‘Is This for Real?’

After months of working from home, Caroline McNaney, 29, was excited about going back to work in an office, even if her new job...

Omicron’s Economic Toll: Missing Workers, More Uncertainty and Higher Inflation (Maybe)

Covid-related absences are creating headaches for businesses that were struggling to hire workers even before Omicron. Restaurants and retail stores have cut back hours....

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