Consumers were already in “a state of confusion” before President Trump’s expansive tariff announcement last week. Here’s why ...

In addition to tariff concerns, the pressure of rising debt, extreme weather, and natural disasters are disrupting normal ...

The continued pressure of elevated prices, rising debt, concern among the Hispanic population, extreme weather, and natural ...

Tariffs are adding to increased uncertainty, and signs indicate that consumers will not continue to spend in their usual way.

As economic uncertainty deepens, analysts highlight dynamic consumption shifts, regional spending disruptions and growing struggles for small business owners in the face of evolving trade policies.

In the first week of 2025, Southern California wildfires and Winter Storm Blair initiated spending disruptions that deepened discretionary spending declines from a 1% 2024 average to 4% for that week.

The P.E.I. government's wind farm in Hermanville has been running at reduced capacity since the end of December after a storm took down a large part of a blade on one of its turbines.