The U.S. government posted a $258 billion budget surplus for April, up 23%, or about $49 billion, from a year earlier, ...

U.S. consumer spending held steady in April, with average credit and debit card purchases per household rising just 1% from ...

The White House is proposing average cuts of 35% to agencies — except for the Pentagon and Homeland Security. Actual spending cuts though are up to Congress.

Boston Scientific, the medical-device maker, is speeding up efforts to cut discretionary spending including travel. The railroad operator Norfolk Southern, meanwhile, is more closely scrutinizing ...

Barclays analysts wrote in a note on April 15, that in March and the early part of April, much of the retail market may have experienced a "pull forward" of discretionary spending as consumers ...

(Reuters) - U.S. corporations have been ramping up their security spending, but following the murder of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson that expenditure is set to rise further in 2025 as ...

New Orleans joins a growing list of coastal cities throughout the US that scientists warn are in danger of being washed away by flooding and rising sea levels. Overall, two dozen cities are at ...

The latest gains were driven primarily by discretionary spending, which rose 0.3% m/m, supported by a 0.9% m/m rise in recreation, a 0.6% increase in food, and a 0.5% lift in hospitality. “The ...

WPP's chief executive has said recent US tariff measures had not led to a 'significant change' in client spending. Mark Read said the FTSE 100 group, one of the world's largest advertising ...

In 2024, the U.K. was spending an estimated 2.33% of GDP on defense, according to NATO data. UK SLASHES SOME TARIFFS AGAINST US AMID TRUMP'S TARIFF WAR: 'NO COUNTRY OFF THE HOOK' Reeves added that ...