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Only two weeks after the Politburo signaled it would make no further efforts to stimulate weak consumer demand, the national government announced it would offer subsidized personal loans to prod consumers into spending more money.

The once-popular shop for fashion-conscious teenagers, Forever 21, is preparing to shut down all of its stores across the United States.

Stores across America are shutting down left and right as shoppers are unable to afford to spend money on non-essentials.

A former Target executive and retail expert is warning of a not-so-jolly holiday shopping season as Americans struggle in President Joe Biden (D) and Vice President Kamala Harris’s (D) economy.

Perdue Foods is recalling 167,171 pounds of frozen chicken nuggets and tenders after a “foreign material” was found in some packaging.

A New York food company is recalling its spinach products due to possible listeria contamination that could sicken consumers.

The conservative movement is beginning to overcome the left’s culture war in corporate boardrooms, polling suggests.

The majority of U.S. adults are living paycheck to paycheck heading into this holiday season, a report shows.

Costco is apparently selling gold bars that consumers are snapping up at a record pace.

A report revealed 62 percent of United States adults live paycheck to paycheck.

President Joe Biden has nominated former Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank — the first time a credit card executive has been chosen for the spot. The nomination comes as Biden pitches himself as a defender of American consumers and an enemy of the banking industry. 

Oil and natural gas trade groups released an analysis that shows economic benefits to American consumers from domestic use and exports.

A price transparency rule for American consumers to more easily view what health care services will cost takes effect today after having been imposed by former President Trump.

PG&E has put in place a controversial plan to limit wildfires by using computerization to shut power down after threats.

The cost for diesel fuel — used by farmers and truckers to supply Americans with products they need — is up 75 percent from last year. 

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita has filed a lawsuit against the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLM), seeking the organization’s compliance in a more extensive investigation into its use of funds donated by Hoosiers.

The effort to reset the global economy with climate change as a central pillar is targeting everyday consumer products in the European Union.

A survey finds that during the first quarter of 2020 consumers paid down a record $60 billion pay down in credit card debt.

Sales in the U.S. rose by rose by more than 10 percent, the biggest rise in decades, more than offsetting the drop in sales in China.

American consumers are largely tired of businesses groveling to political correctness and social justice campaigns to appease liberal customers, instead wanting them to prioritize their workers through higher wages and better benefits.

Instead of shoving each other on the sales floors of stores, customers rush onto online stores, causing sites to slow or shut down.

Despite a holiday season shortened by a late Thanksgiving, retail spending is expected to rise by around 4 percent this year.

Despite dipping again in November, confidence levels remain high and should support solid spending during this holiday season.

A new look by the New York Fed at tariffs walks back claims that the cost of tariffs are borne by U.S. households.

Nestlé USA announced a recall of its ready-to-bake refrigerated cookie dough on Thursday, due to the possible presence of food-grade rubber pieces.

Chicago has tied for first place as the city with the highest sales tax in the nation, according to a recent sales tax rates report.

An Amazon delivery driver in the United Kingdom was recently caught on video defecating in a woman’s garden. 

President Trump’s hand-picked appointees for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) defied his “Buy American” economic nationalist agenda in a recent case where they voted to protect companies who falsely claimed their Chinese-manufactured products were “Made in America.”  

The American consumer is thriving.

Gov. Jerry Brown and the Democrat-controlled California legislature surrendered to privacy advocates and passed some of the world’s strongest online protections to prevent a November initiative vote on even stronger protections.

The vast majority of Americans say it is more important for the United States to have a strong manufacturing base than to have an exorbitant amount of cheap, foreign products.

Consumers saying jobs are “plentiful” increased from 37.2 percent to 39.4 percent, while those claiming jobs are “hard to get” decreased from 16.3 percent to 14.7 percent.

American companies want more U.S. customers, so top executives at Tinder and Grindr have swiped right to support the Dream Act amnesty for at least 3 million young illegal-immigrant consumers.

A study conducted by personal finance website WalletHub found that American credit card debt rose by 6% to $936.10 billion.

And it’s not just because the price of avocado toast is so high.

President Donald Trump should expand the economy by welcoming illegal immigrant consumers, rather than by boosting Americans’ wages and productivity, says a growing chorus of establishment voices on Wall Street, the federal government, and industry.