[…] This analysis dovetails with recent PYMNTS reports that consumers are not feeling that the pressures of inflation are abating. As noted in this space and in the recent report “Consumer Inflation Sentiment: Perception Is Reality,” the thousands of consumers we queried said prices have increased “significantly.” And past seems to be prologue, at least when it comes to expectations: These same consumers think inflation will remain inflated (sorry for the pun) through at least the next year and a half. […]