The Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index was at minus 34.1 in the week ended March 31, up less than a half point from the prior week as measures of the state of the economy and buying climate improved. What’s been the...
Read more »
Photograph by Joe Raedle/Getty Images
People are reflected in the side of a Cigarette boat as they look at boats on display at The Miami International Boat Show.
Consumers: No Hint of Job-Market Slump
Photograph by Sam Hodgson/Bloomberg
Customers at a Target store in Escondido, California.
Wary Shoppers Eye Fiscal Cliff
Written by Chris Burritt More lawmakers finally admitted over the weekend that they’re less confident they can act before the end of the year to avert $600 billion in tax increases and spending cuts. For holiday shoppers, though, pessimism about...
Read more »
Photograph by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
Shoppers at the Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax, Virginia.
GDP Pushed Up — Yet Look Closer
The latest figures on third-quarter economic growth are best described by a cliché: The devil is in the details. Gross domestic product accelerated to a 2.7 percent annual rate, revised upward from a 2 percent pace previously reported by the...
Read more »
Photograph by Aaron M. Sprecher/Bloomberg
A recruiter reviews a job seeker's resume during a Coast to Coast Career Fairs event in Houston.
Consumer Doubt Keeps Unemployment Up
Consumers’ uncertainty is weighing down the economy. The Federal Reserve said today that the country’s unemployment rate would be lower — at around 7 percent instead of more than 8 percent — if consumers were less doubtful about economic issues. “Uncertainty...
Read more »
Photograph by David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
Back-to-school shopping in Colma, California.
Back to School: Dressing for Nov. 6
Are you better off than you were four years ago? How about nine years ago? The numbers on back-to-school shopping show a bigger increase in spending by U.S. consumers than at any time since 2003. The numbers also conceal what...
Read more »
Photograph by Imaginechina via AP Images
A Subway sandwich shop.
Bipartisan Consensus Here: Jared!
In today’s hyper-partisan political world, there’s finally something Democrats, Republicans and Independents agree on: Subway sandwiches. The sub chain, owned by the privately held Milford, Connecticut-based Doctor’s Associates Inc., is one of the top three-rated brands among supporters of both political...
Read more »
Contributors
-
Al Hunt
is a columnist for Bloomberg View and host of the weekly show "Political Capital with Al Hunt" on Bloomberg TV. -
Mark Silva
is deputy managing editor for government news in Washington and editor of Political Capital. He has covered the White House and national politics. -
Emma Fidel
is political editor for Bloomberg.com in Washington. She previously covered financial regulation as a Bloomberg intern. -
Don Frederick
edits political and government coverage for Bloomberg News. He previously worked for more than a decade at the Los Angeles Times' Washington bureau. -
Gregory Giroux
analyzes elections, financing of congressional and presidential elections, political advertising and demographics in Bloomberg's Washington Bureau. -
Julie Bykowicz
covers the influence of money and lobbying in Washington, and covered the state legislature and city crime for the Baltimore Sun for 10 years. -
Jonathan Salant
covers campaign finance and lobbying in Washington. He was president of the National Press Club and started in Washington in 1987. -
Richard Rubin
covers federal tax policy. He worked at Congressional Quarterly and The Charlotte Observer before joining Bloomberg News in 2010. -
Julie Hirschfeld Davis
is a senior political reporter for the Washington Bureau. She covered the 2012 campaign for Bloomberg News and previously covered the White House for the Baltimore Sun. -
Lisa Lerer
covers the White House and covered the 2012 campaign for Bloomberg News. She covered Congress, lobbying and the 2008 campaign for Politico. -
John McCormick
is a national political reporter looking forward to the 2016 presidential campaign, which will be the fifth he's covered. He's also reported for The Des Moines Register and Chicago Tribune. -
Julianna Goldman
covers the White House for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Television. -
Hans Nichols
covers the White House for Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Television. -
Margaret Talev
covers the White House for Bloomberg News and covered the White House for McClatchy Newspapers. She has covered California and Florida politics. -
Cary O'Reilly
is Editor at Large at Bloomberg First Word and is Washington Daybook columnist for Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg News.
