Rate of Growth in Consumer Debt Slowed in December
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The Federal Reserve reported Thursday that consumer borrowing rose at an annual rate of 2.1 percent in December, the weakest showing since April.
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The U.S. economy grew at a  weaker-than-expected 3.1 percent annual pace in the final  quarter of 2004, its slowest since the beginning of 2003 as the  country's trade performance deteriorated and inflation picked  up, a government report on Friday showed.
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Business & money: Figures for December are lowest since 2005, despite strongest ever year for lending
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Inflation crept up in December, but the rise in prices will likely do little to hold back another interest rate cut this month.
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BusinessWeek Online - November ended with a volley of unfriendly data for the U.S. economy, and it looks as if December is starting out the same way. Weakness in U.S. economic reports released on Dec. 1 concerning the Institute for Supply Management's factory sentiment index, and construction spending -- following the weak releases on durable goods orders, the Chicago purchasing managers' sentiment index, and initial jobless claims earlier in the week -- have taken a big chunk out of the near-term U.S. GDP outlook. But the reports probably won't move the Federal Reserve from its current policy path.
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Consumer spending slowed in December and inflation continued to rise,  leaving the Federal Reserve less maneuvering room as it ponders policy decisions.
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Private-sector job growth slowed in December and the number of people receiving jobless benefits hit a two-year high in late December, reports released on Thursday showed.
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U.S. consumer confidence rose slightly in December, with marginal improvement in the outlook for business conditions, employment and inflation, according to a private report on Thursday.
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Inflation continued to creep up in December, but the rise in prices will likely do little to hold back another interest rate cut.
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The U.S. manufacturing economy unexpectedly contracted in December, ending a streak of 10 consecutive months of growth, a private research group said Wednesday. The decline suggests that the overall economy may be weakening faster than some economists predicted.
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Consumers increased their borrowing in December at the slowest pace in eight months, additional evidence that economic activity was slowing significantly at the end of last year. For all of 2007, consumer credit rose at the fastest clip in three years.
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WASHINGTON - U.S. incomes and spending rose as expected in December, while core consumer prices gained less than anticipated, suggesting inflation is contained, a government report showed on Thursday.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve believed  interest rates were too low to forestall inflation even after  it raised borrowing costs in December, according to minutes of  that meeting released on Tuesday.
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Growth of the US economy slowed to an annual rate of 2.8 percent in the second quarter of this year, lower than the 3.0 percent rate previously estimated, the US Commerce Department reported on Friday.
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Consumer spending, the critical bulwark that has kept the country out of a recession, is showing signs of cracking. Retail sales plunged by 0.4 percent last month as consumers battered by a sinking housing market, rising unemployment and the credit crunch, handed retailers their worst Christmas in five years.
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Retail spending by Americans was little changed in December as consumers anxious over the housing slump and high oil prices held back on purchases during the crucial holiday season, a report released on Friday showed.
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The service sector of the economy showed slower growth in January, as the rate of expansion in both employment and inflation pressures softened, the Institute for Supply Management said Thursday.