September gave consumers lower prices on appliances, furniture and some food categories. It also gave them a 9.1% increase in gasoline prices. The Consumer Price...
For millions of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, the hardest part of managing money may be reaching the point where there is nothing left to...
Running short of money before the next paycheck can force a consumer into making choices: let the checking account go negative, delay a bill, carry...
Consumers are entering the final months of the year less worried about losing their jobs, more worried about prices and less confident about where their...
Consumers may still feel secure about their jobs, but a thinner savings cushion is changing the financial environment in which they manage their money. This...
Americans aren’t expecting a wave of pink slips, but they’re becoming less confident about what would happen if they needed another job. The Federal Reserve...
Watch more: Need to Know With Concora Credit’s Jason Tinurelli An emergency expense doesn’t need to overwhelm a household budget to create a credit problem....
Meet Tom and Elaine. (Our names, not theirs.) Both report household income between $65,000 and $70,000. Both are married, live in a city and say...