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UBS’s Top Strategist Sees Consumer Slowdown Hitting S&P 500

(Bloomberg) -- The chief strategist at UBS Investment Bank said the “visibly tiring” US consumer is set to further pressure stock prices, setting the stage for another 8% slump in the S&P 500. Most Read from BloombergThey Built a Secret Apartment in a Mall. Now the Mall Is Dying.Why Did the Government Declare War on My Adorable Tiny Truck?Chicago Transit Faces ‘Doomsday Scenario,’ Regional Agency SaysTrump Slashed International Aid. Geneva Is Feeling the Impact.Paris Votes to Make 500 More Stree

Tullow Oil Hones In on Ghana to Bring Debt Below $1 Billion

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US consumers slow spending as inflation bites, Synchrony says

U.S. consumers have been curbing their spending in response to high prices and a worsening economic outlook, according to consumer finance company Synchrony Financial. Americans have been accumulating more debt amid strain in their finances, with delinquencies edging up for auto loans, credit cards and home credit lines, the Federal Reserve said last month. Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Patrick Harker has also warned that trouble may be brewing for the U.S. economy, which is showing signs of stress in the consumer sector with consumer confidence also waning.