Escambia’s Board of County Commissioners has drafted a policy to guide commissioner spending of discretionary funds after Clerk of Court Pam Childers temporarily paused the spending over concerns it ...

BRITS are set to be more ruthless with their discretionary spending in 2026 – ditching takeaways, binning unused ...

Chicago – Discretionary spending inched up in 2024, getting a big boost during the final weeks of the year. In the combined five weeks ending Jan. 4, there was a 9% increase in discretionary retail ...

Overall retail spending held steady in November, with 1 percent growth and flat unit demand, according to Circana; however, the firm noted that consumer spending on necessities, including food, ...

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) claimed his experience negotiating the Big Beautiful Bill Act leads him to believe it will take “two or three” pieces of legislation to cut government spending further.

President Trump's budget proposal would cut 22% of non-defense discretionary spending next year while significantly increasing defense spending, according to a senior official with the Office of ...

Price sensitive shoppers are using mobile devices to secure best deals as consumer pull back discretionary spending. Two-thirds of American consumers are cutting back on discretionary spending as ...

In a recent interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, newly installed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., touted his party’s record of fiscal restraint. "When the Republicans were in power the ...

With a product mix more heavily skewed towards discretionary items, Goldman Sachs sees Target (NYSE:TGT) more vulnerable to a decline in consumer spending compared to peers like Walmart (WMT), BJ’s ...

UK consumers reined in their spending for the first time since 2020, amid growing concerns about rising living costs.

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