While a strong dollar hurts some U.S. manufacturing, it can reinforce higher-quality services and innovation.

Understanding which appliances consume the most energy is the first step towards using them more efficiently. Where possible, ...

Household consumption and welfare are more strongly associated with lifetime income, but most countries base income taxes on current income and use progressive taxes to reduce inequality and provide ...

According to the Central Economic Work Conference held in December last year, the foremost priority for policymakers in 2025 ...

China has rolled out a comprehensive set of initiatives aimed at stimulating consumer demand, with a particular emphasis on enhancing household income and expanding the national trade-in program, as ...

07/04/2025 10:00 The Household Consumption Radar is an instrument developed by Statistics Netherlands to analyse developments in consumption by Dutch households and place them in some sort of context.

In addition, they have been adjusted for differences in the shopping-day pattern. The CBS Consumption Radar for March shows that conditions for household consumption in the Netherlands in March were, ...

According to the officials, the new CPI series will incorporate weights of items based on the 2022-23 Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES).

This paper examines the underlying drivers for this strong growth in consumption. Using both state- and household-level data, we find that excess savings from the pandemic, large increases in ...

Household consumption will also be affected by the VAT increase that will affect the agricultural sector and food manufacturing.

A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked the Thai capital Friday, causing buildings to sway. The U.S. Geological Survey and Germany’s GFZ center for geosciences said the midday ...