Retail sales rise in July

Advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for January 2026, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $733.5 billion, down 0.2% from the previous month, and up 3.2%...

Financial institutions are managing larger vendor inventories with leaner teams while confronting emerging risks, such as those presented by artificial intelligence, according to a new report on third-party risk management by the compliance platform provider Ncontracts.

Homebuilder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes rose one point to 38 in March, according to the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index.

Survey also found that while bank-branded BNPL remains a small fraction of the overall market, customer satisfaction with the offerings grew 59 points from last year.

A federal judge in California has ruled that the Trump administration must continue funding the CFPB. The decision follows a similar ruling by federal judge in D.C. in a separate case.

Industrial production in February edged up a seasonally adjusted 0.2% over the month, above the estimate of 0.1%. This followed a monthly increase of 0.7% in January.