Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how healthcare business and policy impact consumers. A hospital bill for $36,000 with a line item of various charges ...

The head of the nation’s second-largest bank said consumers are spending “at a faster rate” than he’s ever seen but he remains concerned about how inflation and supply-chain issues will influence the ...

Consumers grew more pessimistic about the economic outlook in February as worries brewed about a slowing economy and rising inflation, the Conference Board reported Tuesday. The board’s Consumer ...

The 2021 Diary of Consumer Payment Choice (Diary) finds that the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to affect the way U.S. consumers use and hold cash. The share of payments made in cash dropped sharply ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how healthcare business and policy impact consumers. 2021 has arguably been the year of digital healthcare—from the ...

Consumer awareness of supply chain shortages and even earlier deals may have contributed to a slight decline in U.S. e-commerce sales during Cyber Week — the kickoff to the holiday shopping season ...

It's a sobering statistic: Consumers in 2021 lost more than $5.8 billion to fraud last year. That finding comes from the Federal Trade Commission, which found online shopping and imposter scams topped ...

U.S. short-term inflation expectations fell in early January to the lowest in nearly two years, providing a bigger-than-expected boost to consumer sentiment. Respondents said they expect prices to ...

In a nutshell: Consumers are spending more time and money than ever on mobile apps. According to App Annie's latest State of Mobile report, daily time spent in mobile apps reached an average of 4.8 ...

Consumer spending on mobile apps reached $170 billion in 2021, according to App Annie’s newly released “State of Mobile 2022″ report, out today, which offers a comprehensive look at the app economy ...

On March 15, the D.C. Council of the District of Columbia Committee of the Whole met in a full hearing, in part to hear amendments introduced to B24-0357 by Councilmember and Chair Phil Mendelson (D).