The United States economy added 254,000 jobs in September, exceeding economists’ expectations and potentially mitigating some recent concerns about job prospects among the paycheck-to-paycheck consumer segment. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
America’s private sector added 143,000 jobs in September, rebounding following a five-month slowdown. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....
In the U.S. economy, the jobs market has been volatile to say the least. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS...
Consumers pulled back a bit on their spending increases in August, notching the slowest growth since the beginning of the year. The latest data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis hints that that as job growth remains pressured — and perhaps as “early” back-to-school and...
The best laid plans of mice and men, wrote the poet Robert Burns, oft go awry. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...
The latest revision to second-quarter GDP data is the third and final one. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....
The latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Consumer Expenditures underscores what PYMNTS Intelligence has found for months: Food and shelter, among the most essential of all spending categories, are taking an outsized chunk of households’ paychecks — especially for lower-income consumers. Get...
For lower-income consumers, the most vulnerable subset of the paycheck-to-paycheck economy, the outlook is, in a word … gloomy. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe...
September has seen prices rise at the fastest rate in six months, S&P Global said Monday (Sept. 23), attributing it to increasing input cost growth. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
