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2026-03-12 01:10:00 ET By Seema Shah, Chief Global Strategist; Christian Floro, CFA, CMT, Market Strategist; and Magdalena Ocampo, Market Strategist ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: February CPI Report: Calm Before The Storm

2026-03-11 21:00:00 ET By Bryan Cutsinger The data suggest nominal spending and wage growth are stable, and easing policy too quickly could risk reigniting price pressures. ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: Inflation Edged Up...

2026-03-11 19:40:00 ET By Jennifer Nash Inflation held steady in February as the headline figure for the Consumer Price Index remained at 2.4% year-over-year. This is unchanged from January and was consistent with the forecast. Additionally, the core CPI was at 2.5% year-over-ye...

2026-03-08 14:42:00 ET Transcript Oscar Pulido: American consumers remain one of the most important signals for the US economy. For the last few years, they've repeatedly defied expectations, continuing to spend despite higher inflation and higher interest rates.... Re...

2026-03-03 05:19:00 ET By Gary Zhu, CFA, Deanna Leighton, CFA and Douglas Lee Among our takeaways from the conference: consumer sector concerns seem to have eased. ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: SFVegas 2026: What Happened...

2026-02-26 05:04:00 ET U.S. consumers perked up a bit in February, but the mood is hardly euphoric. The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index rose 2.2 points to 91.2, recouping only a slice of January’s slide. Households feel slightly less threatened by recession, y...

2026-02-25 23:45:00 ET By Peter C. Earle Note: As of January 31, 2025, data for four of the 24 components of the Business Conditions Monthly indicators have not yet been published. While the remaining suspended economic data are expected to be released prior to the next Busine...

2026-02-25 00:30:00 ET Originally published on February 20, 2026 By Jennifer Nash Consumer sentiment rose for a third straight month in February, reaching its highest level since August. The Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index inched up 0.2 points (0.4%) to 56.6 this month...

2026-02-24 18:30:00 ET By Jennifer Nash The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index inched up in February, rising 2.2 points to 91.2. The latest reading was higher than the forecast of 87.4. The latest reading puts the index in the 36th percentile of the data series.... ...

2026-02-19 19:00:00 ET Through the first 30 trading days of 2026, the consumer staples sector gained 15.6%. That's easily the best start to a year for staples since at least 1990 (when our daily sector price data begins). Prior to 2026, the strongest start to a year for Staples was a 9....