Ad spend in Asia Pacific expected to grow 5.9% in 2021

As we pointed out yesterday, the idea that the US pays a lot in taxes in objectively false on a glo…

Television ad spends will rise from US$171bn to US$178bn over the same period

Credit- and debit-card spending gained overall but was considerably higher for those earning less a…

US retail sales gained 0.5% last month, landing below the median estimate for a 0.6% gain and showi…

US retail sales fell 0.3% last month, coming in below the average estimate for a 0.2% uptick and sl…

So the answer is a gradual shift... Take some of the vast amount of money we're currently spending …

Retail sales fell 1.1% in July as virus cases surged higher. Consumer spending counts for 70% of ec…

It turns out, taxes are lower than they have been throughout most of history; debt as a percentage …

It also helps gauge the health of the economy, as companies and the government invest in new infras…

PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION Spending on private construction was at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of …

"This makes the already revision prone construction data a particularly rough cut this time," said …

And you can argue that we simply can't keep borrowing more money to fund spending we can't afford. …

"For what it's worth, the new data show private spending up 2.2% in Nov, split between res and non-…

Economists polled by Bloomberg are looking for construction spending to rise 0.6% month-over-month,…