When the votes are counted in U.S. presidential election, will it be the gender gap, the income gap, the Latino vote or the media and marketing campaigns that turned out to be decisive? CNBC Senior Economics Reporter Steve Liesman sat down with four polling experts for an in-depth look...
People line up as they wait for the JobNewsUSA.com South Florida Job Fair to open at the Amerant Bank Arena on June 26, 2024, in Sunrise, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesThere's a lot of debate about how much signal to take from the 818,000 downward revisions to U.S. payrolls...
Customers shop in a Walmart Supercenter on February 20, 2024 in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesConsumer spending bounced back in February from a January dip, with a little help from Leap Day. But sales still registered good gains even after correcting for that...
People carry shopping bags as they visit a department store during the holiday season in New York City.Eduardo Munoz | ReutersRetailers chalked up solid gains in the final month to wrap up the holiday season, according to the CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor for December.However, the data also shows the true...
A customer shops at a Costco store in San Francisco on Oct. 2, 2023.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesThe consumer took a spending break ahead of the holiday season, with October retail sales, excluding autos and gas, falling by 0.08%, and core retail, which also removes restaurants, declining by 0.03%,...