Author: Medora Lee, USA TODAY

Consumer confidence is weakening under the weight of inflation, higher rates, and economic uncertainty. This could affect holiday spending, some say.

Hot inflation could push wages up, which could boost prices again, in a “wage-price spiral. Is that what’s happening?

I Bond rates will drop to 6.48% on Nov. 1 from a record high 9.62%. If you act quickly, you can still lock in the record rate for six months.

Consumers will still feel the strain of high energy prices this winter. It’ll just show up in soaring utility bills instead of at the pump.

Household essentials top early spending categories, again, at Amazon Prime Day in a sign of how inflation’s shaping spending even ahead of holidays.

Brimming retail inventory means deep holiday discounts this year and some relief from inflation.

Today’s headlines include Nobel Prize in economics winners, Medicare enrollment considerations and more.

Facing 40-year high inflation, small business owners who can’t access traditional bank loans are using various forms of micro loans to stay afloat.

There’s still 1.67 open jobs for each jobless American, but that’s fast changing as the labor market cools. Next year, 1.2 million jobs could be lost.

Shares in Porsche AG rose on their first day of public trading after Volkswagen raised $9.1 billion for one of the largest IPOs in European history.