CONSUMERS KEEP BAILING OUT THE ECONOMY. NOW THEY MAY BE MAXED OUT. / THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Consumers Keep Bailing Out the Economy. Now They Might Be Maxed Out. Recession fears rekindle concerns that Americans are overstretched on d...

ASIA´S CONSUMER TIPPING POINT / PROJECT SYNDICATE

Asia’s Consumer Tipping Point For the first time ever, over half of Asia’s 4.8 billion people are part of the global consumer class. The imp...

WHO PAYS CORPORATE TAXES? LOOK IN THE MIRROR / THE WALL STREET OP EDITORIAL

Who Pays Corporate Taxes? Look in the Mirror Costs are passed on to consumers. If you work for and invest in companies, you get hit three ti...

"STRECHED" U.S. CONSUMERS START TO PULL BACK ON SPENDING / THE FINANCIAL TIMES

‘Stretched’ US consumers start to pull back on spending Retail sales reach a plateau while company executives see disposable income squeezed...

CAN CHINA´S CONSUMERS SAVE ITS ECONOMY? / THE ECONOMIST

Spend more, please Can China’s consumers save its economy? Our number-crunching suggests economic “rebalancing” will be exceptionally hard M...

HOW AMERICAN CONSUMERS LOST THEIR OPTIMISM / THE FINANCIAL TIMES OP EDITORIAL

How American consumers lost their optimism It is possible that the lived experience is worse than official employment and inflation data imp...

THE MISSING MIDDLE: THE BUSINESS TREND THAT UNITES WALMART AND TIFFANY & CO. / THE ECONOMIST

The missing middle The business trend that unites Walmart and Tiffany & Co Meet the winners from America’s consumer slowdown After a fou...

WHY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY HAS COLLAPSED / DOLLAR COLLAPSE

Why Labor Productivity Has Collapsed BY BRYAN LUTZ  Lyin’ Biden….The real cost of good and services, and the disparities in price.  MN Gordo...