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American consumers may be learning to live with inflation. A long-running Gallup poll shows a steep drop in the share of Americans who name inflation as their biggest financial problem.
An increase in deferred pay-later loans has raised alarms, as the Trump administration seeks to gut the agency tasked with ...
Consumer watchdog groups say the CFPB quietly dropped at least 21 enforcement actions, many against repeat offenders. Agency ...
Sentiment ended a four-month slide in May amid changing U.S. tariff policy, but the survey showed that consumers are still ...
U.S. consumer spending increased marginally in April, with households opting to boost savings amid mounting economic ...
The numbers: A survey of consumer sentiment improved in late May on some signs that the tariff war with China might not be as damaging for the economy as feared. The second of two readings of the ...
Consumer spending growth, which had already showed sluggish signs this year, slowed significantly in April as more families ...
Victims of Prehired LLC's deceptive sales program receive checks from the CFPB, after state attorneys general urged action on ...
Bureau leadership found there was no mechanism to transfer money the Federal Reserve had given the agency. Consumer advocates warned they could sue again if the CFPB tries again to defund itself.
In today’s environment, the health of the U.S. consumer — a critical component of U.S. economic growth — is subject to more ...
As banks standardize their data in anticipation of the rise of open banking, they're turning to common formatting standards, ...
Our interview for Episode 125 of the Free the Economy podcast is with Caroline Melear, Resident Fellow in Finance at the R Street Institute. We’ll talk about consumer finance, interest rates, the ...