Personal Finance

Sharp spikes in COVID-19 across the country have put a damper on in-store holiday grocery spending.

Customer Growth Partners has updated its holiday forecast to a 5.8% year-over-year growth, to a record $749 billion.

The National Retail Federation issued an upbeat holiday forecast despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, citing a strong stock market, rising home values and record personal saving rates.

Consumers can now use Google Pay for activities such as automatically redeeming retailer discounts and setting up bank accounts.

Concern about their personal finances and the economy in general is on the rise among U.S. consumers.

After two months of significant positive growth, American consumer confidence in October is at its highest observed point since March of this year, despite much volatility.  

Stellar sales in September should lead the way to a surprisingly strong holiday for retailers.

More Americans say they're likely to apply for a store credit card this holiday season than in either of the previous two years.

Consumers are not getting any more confident in the economy, but not getting significantly less confident, either.

Consumers are regaining confidence in the economy.