Personal Income

Mom Can't Get Credit Card, Starts Protest Movement

HuffingtonPost.com | Loren Berlin | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Online Petitions, Household Income, Credit CARD Act, Capital One, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Credit Card Act of 2009, Holy McCall, Credit Cards, Petition, Personal Income, Money News

Holly McCall, a 34-year-old mother of two from Vienna, Va., grabbed headlines last week with her fight for the right of stay-at-home mothers to open t...

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States Where Incomes Are Rising The Fastest

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: North Dakota, Oil Industry, Wages, Oil, Personal Income Growth, Personal Income, North Dakota Oil Boom, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Business News

They don’t call them oil booms for nothing. An oil rush in North Dakota has helped the income of the state's residents grow at a rate significant...

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Spending Jump Outpaces Income Growth

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Commerce Report, Consumer Spending 2012, Income Growth, Shopping, Spending, Spending More, Disposable Income, Chamber of Commerce, Consumer Spending, Personal Income, Income Growth 2012, Money News

WASHINGTON — U.S. consumers boosted their spending in February by the most in seven months, raising expectations for stronger growth at the star...

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Economy Scores Passing Grade, Today Anyway

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Job Market, Retail Sales, Economics, Economy, Ism, Labor Department, Factories, Economic Data, Jobless Claims, Auto Sales, Personal Income, Consumer Spending, Personal Spending, Business News

President Obama has bet a second term on selling an economic comeback. A big truckload of economic data released today suggests he's not losing that b...

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Consumer Spending Slows As Americans Dig Themselves Out Of Debt

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Savings Rate, Video, Unemployment Rate, Black Friday, Commerce Department, Consumer Spending, Personal Income, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Business News

As Americans pay down their household debt, their reluctance to spend is hurting the economic recovery. Though disposable personal income rose 0.3...

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Consumer Spending Jumps In July After First Decline In Nearly Two Years

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 10.29.2011

Read More: The Commerce Department, Consumer Activity, Inflation, Shopping, Double-Dip Recession, Great Recession, Economic Recovery, Personal Income, Consumer Spending, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON — Consumer spending grew in July by 0.8 percent, the largest amount in five months. That followed a decline in June and helped ease f...

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Consumer Spending Up -- Thanks To Higher Gas And Food Prices

The Huffington Post | Yepoka Yeebo | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Energy Prices, IHS Global Insight, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Commerce Department, Fuel Prices, Personal Income, Consumer Spending, Savings Rate, Joshua Shapiro, Consumer Confidence, Unemployment, Inflation, Mfr, Chris Christopher, U.S. Consumers, Food Prices, Business News

Consumer spending increased in February for the eighth straight month, but much of the gain came from steadily rising gas prices and higher grocery bi...

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Americans Get A Raise In January

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Spending 2011, Federal Reserve, Savings Rate, U.S. Consumers, Personal Income, Inflation, Business News

WASHINGTON: Consumer spending rose less than expected in January as households took advantage of the largest increase in incomes in more than 1-1/2 ...

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The Economic Recovery Waits For Increasingly Thrifty Consumers

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Association of Realtors, Commerce Department, Economic Recovery, Personal Income, Consumer Spending, Bargain Hunters, Recession, Frugality, Business News

WASHINGTON — American shoppers are being careful about how much they spend, and that's making businesses cautious about hiring. For the economi...

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12 U.S. Cities Where Incomes Plummeted Last Year (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Nathaniel Cahners Hindman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Third World America, Washington DC, Commerce Department, Los Angeles, Personal Income, Slidepollajax, Income, New York, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Business News

Personal incomes declined last year throughout most of the nation, with the exception of a few regions propped up by federal funding, according to a r...

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Consumer Spending Up Again, But Incomes Stagnant In February

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Spending February, Personal Income February, IHS Global Insight, Commerce Department, Consumer Spending, Personal Income, National Bureau of Economic Research, Business News

WASHINGTON — Confidence is growing that the economic recovery won't fizzle out. Consumers kept cash registers humming last month at a decent pac...

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