2025 Hallyu Expands BeyondMusic to Literature, Film, Tourism, and Consumer Spending ... The ripple effects of the content extended to tourism and consumer spending, including an increase in foreign ...
The Barcode Group reports that rising costs and stagnant wages shift consumer focus to exclusive retail and discount shopping, as disposable income struggles to keep pace ....
While consumer spending continues to rise (2.8% YoY in September 2025, 2.7% in October and 2.8% in November according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis), this resilience is increasingly funded by debt rather than disposable income.
Consumer data is softening ... Under normal circumstances, weaker consumer spending would drag down GDP ... In fact, data center investment has contributed almost as much to GDP growth as consumer spending over the past year ... The scale of Tech spending.