Money
Tariffs and prices: Canada's retaliation brings trade policy home
The tariff tournament adds to consumers' heartburn, aggravating pressure from energy, interest rates and inflation.
Money
Cash, credit or in-between, you need currency of some kind to make things happen.
Money
The consumer squeeze broadens from Canada tariffs to diesel, homes, confidence and health costs
Everybody's mad at the U.S. and the American consumer is getting stuck with the bill.
Money
Consumers face an economic chain reaction
Sometimes everything really does happen at once.
Money
Energy, housing, retail, tariffs and debt - a recipe for consumer indigestion
The latest coverage suggests that consumers are still spending, but with less flexibility and a shorter margin for error.
Consumer Protection
The clean-energy loan hiding in your utility bill
Who wouldn't want to save money on their energy bill with no money upfront? It's often not quite what it seems though.
Consumer Protection
What changing federal regulations may mean for your escrow account
The dispute could determine whether states retain meaningful power to impose consumer protections on federally chartered banks.
Consumer Protection
Ten states sue Trump banking regulator over mortgage escrow interest - billions at stake
Ten states are challenging new federal rules that let national banks ignore state laws requiring interest on consumers’ mortgage escrow money.
AI/Privacy
AI may soon do your shopping for you. But whose side will it be on?
AI shopping assistants are moving beyond product searches toward choosing sellers and, eventually, completing purchases for consumers.
Money
Car costs, shopping habits and debt shape today's consumer picture
Consumers are being squeezed from all directions as prices and interest rates climb while household debt levels climb.
Money
Is gold a wise investment for smaller investors?
Consumers are constantly bombarded with come-ons for gold investment "opportunities." Some of these are downright fraudulent and the rest are a big, shall we say, optimistic. Here's what the experts tell us.
Consumer Protection
CFPB examiners warned against being 'too aggressive' with the firms they're supposed to regulate
An internal CFPB email obtained by Reuters warned examiners that there could be "most unpleasant" consequences if they were overly aggressive in their dealings with financial institutions.
Consumer Protection
Homeowners got cash with ‘no interest.’ Lawsuit says the real cost was their home equity
A new class-action lawsuit accuses Unison of disguising high-cost mortgage loans as “home equity investments” with no interest or monthly payments.