CNN – Business/Consumer

By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Ryanair has restarted one of its most popular services: trolling Boris Johnson. The budget airline posted a spoof summer drinks menu on its Twitter account on Tuesday, mocking the prime minister over a “bring your own booze” event that was held in Downing Street’s garden at the height of the

By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Annual consumer inflation in the United States has climbed to 7% as prices rise at the fastest clip in nearly four decades. But the real test for prices is a year away. What’s happening: According to the most recent survey of consumer expectations by the Federal Reserve Bank of New

By Michelle Toh, CNN Business If you’re looking for your usual order at a KFC in Australia or McDonald’s in Japan these days, you might be disappointed. The two fast food chains are experiencing shortages of fresh chicken and french fries, respectively, forcing them to cut back on some normal menu items this month. Both

By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Citigroup is ending its consumer banking operation in Mexico as part of a broad strategic shift under CEO Jane Fraser. The bank announced Tuesday that it’s exiting the consumer, small business and middle market banking operations of its Mexican business, known as Banamex. Citi, which has operated in Mexico for

By Chris Isidore, CNN Business US prices for just about everything — from cars and gasoline to food and clothing — are rising at the fastest pace in decades. Overall, consumer prices rose in 2021 at the fastest pace in 39 years, meaning this is the worst inflation experienced by anyone not on the cusp

By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business America’s love of debt-fueled spending is making a comeback. During the pandemic, some consumer balance sheets started to improve. Flush with additional cash — from wage increases, stimulus payments, loan forbearance or just fewer opportunities for spending — consumers kept their credit card balances in check. But old spending habits

By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business In 2021, Honda was outsold in the United States by the combined forces of two South Korean brands, Hyundai and Kia. Taken together, the two Seoul-based brands ranked fifth in US sales, delivering 1,439,497 cars, trucks and minivans. Japan-based Honda sold 1,309,222. Looking at just these mainstream brands, Hyundai and

By Oren Liebermann, Pete Muntean and Barbara Starr, CNN Business An unusual ground stop was issued to some pilots for a short period of time following a North American Aerospace Defense Command alert of a launch of a North Korean missile, a US official said Tuesday. The official says it was not a national ground