Consumer

Retail numbers faced their second month of strength in March, helped by the warm weather and the early Easter holiday.

Consumer prices rose by the most in 10 months in February, and rising gas prices were to blame for most of that change.

The Consumer Price Index is out this morning. With higher consumer prices comes rising inflation, but how big of a threat is that to the average American's way of life?

New government guidelines are taking incandescent bulbs off the market, leaving us with compact fluorescents and LEDs. But now there's a new language for bulb shoppers to learn.

Richard Curtin of the Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index discusses how the survey gauges consumer hopes and expectations, and what it means in elections.

A mild-mannered pensioner in China gains national attention for his grumpy-old-man approach to protecting consumers from fraudulent products.

The government said this morning that retail sales inched up 0.4 percent last month. That was lower than expected.

A new fee will be hitting some Verizon users paying monthly bills with a credit card. That decision has already caused a bit of consumer backlash.

A new report shows Americans' feelings of financial security rebounded during November, but only back to the same levels as last year.