Consumer Spending

Experts are crediting cooling inflation and the anticipation of federal interest rate cuts for the boost in consumer attitudes.

WMFE's Talia Blake speaks with Randall Croom, an associate professor of management at Stetson University, to see how high housing costs are impacting Floridians ability to spend on other things.

Consumer confidence among the multi-ethnic Hispanic population, the fastest growing population and a growing base for the demand of goods and services, is bleak.

Inflation worsened in June, rising 9.1% on surging food, rent and energy costs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Wednesday.

A survey finds that residents are feeling more confident in their personal finances than they were just a month ago.

Millennials are less well off than members of earlier generations when they were young. They have lower earnings, fewer assets and less wealth, a new Federal Reserve study says.

That's slower than the second quarter's blockbuster 4.2 percent but puts the economy on pace for the fastest annual growth in 13 years.