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Jobs aplenty. Sizzling demand. If the United States is headed into a recession, it is taking an unusual route, with many markers of a boom.

The move comes a week after the company announced it was lowering its profit forecast as inflation was catching up with consumer spending.

When we think about things like inflation and monetary policy, it’s best to frame them through people. And people are, of course, silly and messy.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — Malaysian businesses and consumers were the most receptive towards several aspects of digital adaptation compared to more than 20 other countries in a...

Consumers are buying fewer discretionary goods and returning more. To clear their shelves, retailers are selling to liquidators at steep discounts.

As aspects of ethical and moral consumption, this paper is concerned with gaining deeper insights into how people could possibly react to being judged and then labeled delinquent and deviant consumers (i.e., falling short of or neglecting to fulfill their duty to others, other species, and the Earth). To that end, theories of delinquency (rational choice, strain, anomie, social processes, subculture, and differential opportunity) and Henry and Eaton’s six degrees of deviance approach were empl...

Inventories were a big drag on the G.D.P. number. Construction of homes and nonresidential structures declined. And federal spending fell.

The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates to fight inflation. Some economists want more; some politicians want less. What’s the logic?

Wall Street bank executives said consumer spending was up, markets were volatile and they did not think the economy was headed for a recession.

A New York Times/Siena poll shows remarkable pessimism despite the labor market’s resilience. That could be costly for the Democrats, and the economy.