<div id="subtitle">Japan's economy shows signs of deterioration as jobless rate rises to 4.1 percent</div><div><p>Japan's economy showed more signs of deterioration as government data revealed Tuesday that the unemployment rate inched up and consumers tightened their purse strings amid rising food and oil ...
<div><p>US consumer spending and incomes cooled in June after getting a boost a month earlier from a vast emergency economic stimulus, a government survey showed Monday.</p><p>The Commerce Department reported that consumer spending rose 0.6 percent in June while incomes rose a mild ...
<div><p>US consumer spending picked up in January, after six months of decline, while personal saving jumped as Americans hunkered down in a deepening recession, government data showed Monday.</p><p>The Commerce Department reported consumer spending rose a seasonally adjusted 0.6 percent in January, beating ...
<div><p>US consumer spending picked up in January, after six months of decline, while personal saving jumped as Americans hunkered down in a deepening recession, government data showed Monday.</p><p>The Commerce Department reported consumer spending rose a seasonally adjusted 0.6 percent in January, beating ...
<div><p>US consumer spending in January ticked up for the first time in seven months as income got a boost from falling taxes in the midst of deepening recession, government data showed Monday.</p><p>The Commerce Department reported consumer spending rose a seasonally adjusted 0.6 ...
<div id="subtitle">Consumer spending increases for second straight month even though incomes drop due to layoffs</div><div><p>The government says consumers increased spending for a second straight month in February even though their incomes slipped due to continuing massive layoffs.</p><p>The Commerce Department ...
<div id="subtitle">China says October retail sales up 22 percent, defying global slowdown</div><div><p>China's retail sales remained robust in October, a positive sign for Chinese leaders who want to boost consumer spending to insulate the economy from a global slowdown.</p><p>Retail ...
<div id="subtitle">Consumers stop shopping, creating pain for retailers, economy</div><div><p>The magnitude of the decline in consumer spending is coming into sharper focus, showing a shift in shoppers' behavior not seen since in decades that's causing a lot of pain for the retail industry ...
<div><p>American incomes and spending contracted in November as recession took a heavy toll on the world's biggest economy, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.</p><p>Personal income contracted 0.2 percent in November from the previous month while consumption expenditures shrank 0.6 percent, the department said ...
<div><p>American incomes and spending contracted in November as recession took a heavy toll on the world's biggest economy, the Commerce Department said Wednesday.</p><p>In the first decline in four months, personal income contracted 0.2 percent in November, surprising analysts who had expected no ...
