Consumer Behavior – Page 25

Consumers Kept Spending in September, as Inflation Held Steady

Overall inflation stayed at 3.4 percent in September, down from a peak of around 7 percent.

By Jeanna Smialek

Consumer Behavior Federal Reserve System Inflation (Economics) Interest Rates Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates) United States Economy

Inflation Held Steady in September, While Consumers Spent Robustly

Overall inflation stayed at 3.4 percent in September, down from a peak of around 7 percent.

By Jeanna Smialek

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U.S. Economic Growth Accelerated in the Third Quarter

Gross domestic product expanded at a 4.9 percent annual rate over the summer, powered by prodigious consumer spending. But the pace is not expected to be sustained.

By Lydia DePillis

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How High Interest Rates Sting Bakers, Farmers and Consumers

Everyone who relies on credit in America is confronting a new reality: Money will cost more for a good long while.

By Lydia DePillis

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