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A new survey suggests three ways consumers are behaving like the US economy is in crisis, which may become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Understanding why people underpredict expenses could help them budget more accurately – and even encourage them to save more money.
Asked how high an inflation rate Australia should prepare to tolerate, three of the 48 economists nominated 8% or higher. Seven expected inflation to fall without the need for further action.
The Conversation’s best graphs have removed doubt, surprised, and told entire stories.
Congress is working on a spending bill to avert another government shutdown. Scholars explain what’s in store if they fail.
The COVID-19 pandemic offers small retailers an opportunity to engage customers who are changing their habits.
Millennials and Gen Z overwhelmingly support the movement, and consumer brands are well aware of their growing spending power.
An acceleration of digital development, of the second-hand market and of concentration movements are notably to be expected in the sector.
An economist specializing in inequality explains how a basic income guarantee is just what low-wage workers and the economy need.
An economist explains how a virus like COVID-19 could disrupt the US economy – and why it’s too soon to freak out just yet.
Recent experimental results suggest that distortions in the perception of wealth are linked to fast, inattentive thinking.
Figuring out how much to spend on gifts can be stressful.
Halloween is yet another holiday that has become a mere ritual of America’s very conspicuous consumption.
Single parents and unmarried parents who live together spend less on their children than married parents.
Investments only makes sense if there are markets for the things those investments will produce. It isn’t clear that there are.
The collapse of an obscure corner of the financial market a decade ago foreshadowed the Great Recession. The stock-market swoon in February should offer a similar warning.
Business leaders some sectors are feeling less positive about the year ahead because consumers are spending less, according to our analysis of the outlook of leaders of Australia’s ASX 200 companies.
The 2013 shutdown offers some clues as to what the impact will be now after Republicans and Democrats failed to agree to a short-term spending deal.
It might seem ridiculously early, but you may wish to heed the benefits of starting your Christmas shopping early.
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