Learn how the Personal Income and Outlays report from the BEA offers insights into consumer spending, income, and economic trends—critical for smart financial decisions.

Personal Consumption Expenditures, or PCE, data for October 2023 shows deceleration in both nominal and real PCE. Real PCE growth has been near the historical median, but durable goods and recreation ...

About two-thirds of Americans say their expenses have risen in the past year, but only about a quarter say their income is up, according to new Associated Press poll. That’s how inflation feels to we ...

The April reading of the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure, released this morning by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, confirmed a plateauing in the rate of price growth so far in 2024. The ...

The good news is the preferred measure of inflation for the Federal Reserve keeps trending downward. The bad news is that the economic backdrop that could lead to lower rates keeps getting more ...

Stocks closed slightly higher Tuesday in what can only be described as a rather meandering session. The Nasdaq Composite closed higher by 0.4% while the S&P 500 was higher by 0.2%. Despite the anemic ...

New Hampshire has the highest per capita personal consumption expenditures in the U.S., spending $44,871 on personal goods and services. In a recent article, we looked at American states in terms of ...

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Nov. 24 (UPI) --Personal incomes increased 0.5% over the past month, but personal consumption expenditures continued to outpace those raises, with a jump of 1.3% over the same period, the Commerce ...

In a word, yes. We don't have to buy what they're selling. At Ryerson University where I teach, I am starting an experiment where we try to live a 1.5 degree lifestyle, and limit our individual carbon ...