“Americans are losing faith in the economy because they’re losing ground,” said one policy expert. “Every day it becomes clearer that President Trump has no real interest in improving the lives of American families.” Consumer sentiment in the United States has fallen to a near-record low and Americans’ view of current economic conditions has deteriorated under President […]
“The administration is cracking down on all the ways that companies—through paperwork, hold times and general aggravation—waste people’s money, waste people’s time,” a White House official said. The Biden administration on Monday launched a wide-ranging consumer protection campaign called “Time Is Money” aimed at cracking down on hard-to-cancel services, deliberately poor customer service, and other […]
An online survey of 900 consumers of three of the United States’ most popular cigarette brands suggests that adopting standardized cigarette packing may reduce consumers’ misconceptions that some cigarettes are less harmful than others, reports a team of researchers led by University of California San Diego School of Medicine and published in BMJ Tobacco Control . Standardizing […]
ANN ARBOR—Consumer confidence declined in May, according to the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. Conducted by the U-M Institute for Social Research since 1946, the surveys monitor consumer attitudes and expectations. The decrease in May was not due to the gloomy state of the economy during the 1st quarter—which had the weakest pace […]