Rising prices are reshaping not just household budgets but the financial relationship between generations. Younger and older consumers in the United States are responding to the same pressures in different ways, according to the November edition of PYMNTS Intelligence’s Generational Pulse Report, “Economic Pressures Split...
Coinbase has become the latest financial platform to enter the prediction market game. The cryptocurrency exchange announced Wednesday (Dec. 17) that it would begin to allow access to prediction markets in the U.S., part of a broader swath of new offerings announced at its “Coinbase System Update” event....
After weeks of a government shutdown, economic data continue to roll in, and the latest inflation figures sketch a picture that is far from definitive. In a nutshell, and per Bureau of Labor Statistics data from Thursday (Dec. 18), price growth is cooling overall but...
The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC)’s 2025 annual report, released Friday (Dec. 11), was notable for its finding that 20% of student loan are delinquent. But there were other findings as well. The report offers a generally calm assessment of U.S. financial stability. It said...
Watch more: Wage to Wallet: WorkWhile’s Alan Armen The consumer still drives the U.S. economy, but a new Wage to Wallet Index™ report suggests that a growing share of that spending depends on platforms workers turn to when wages wobble. Those in the Labor Economy,...
Prediction markets, which let users bet on everything from the future price of Bitcoin to the future president of the United States, are the latest flash point between federal and state regulators. Real-money prediction markets technically like fall under the jurisdiction of the Commodities Futures...
American manufacturers are reportedly scaling back parts and raw material orders amid tariff-related uncertainty. Buying activity by manufacturers in the U.S. reached its lowest level since May last month, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Wednesday (Dec. 10), citing a poll of 27,000 businesses by software consulting...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will not produce an October 2025 Producer Price Index (PPI) news release, according to a revised news release dates page on its website. The agency will instead publish October data with the November 2025 PPI release, which is set...
The 60 million workers who form the human infrastructure powering the U.S. economy are increasingly scraping just to get by. Yet this cohort, which PYMNTS Intelligence defines as earning under $25 an hour, or less than $50,000 per year, drives 15% of consumer spending, per the...