Economics

How U.S. Consumers Are Carrying Torch for Economy Beset by Risks

  • Jobs, wages, credit aid spending as business investment cools
  • Payrolls data highlights growth threat if labor market falters

Hudson Yards in New York. 

Photographer: John Taggart/Bloomberg
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The big question hanging over the U.S. economy is increasingly this: How much longer can American consumers carry the day while businesses bear the brunt of a global slowdown and the trade war?