economy

US economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services by different methods.

The Data Point: Declines Dog 24% of Consumers With High Payments Diversification

The Data Point: Declines Dog 24% of Consumers With High Payments Diversification
The Data Point: Declines Dog 24% of Consumers With High Payments Diversification
July 25, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Not content to hit 8.6% in May, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) shifted to up to 9.1% in June, making consumers conflicted enough about inflation...

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Why Retailers Should Worry About Inflation but Dread the Wealth Effect
Why Retailers Should Worry About Inflation but Dread the Wealth Effect
July 25, 2022  |  Retail

A new survey of U.S. consumers, hot off the presses at PYMNTS, tells a lot about how they’re handling the current economic turmoil and when...

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Inflation Brings Worries by the Truckload as Freight Demand Slows
Inflation Brings Worries by the Truckload as Freight Demand Slows
July 22, 2022  |  Earnings

Demand for freight transportation is slowing as consumers cope with rising inflation, executives at Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings said Wednesday (July 20) during the company’s quarterly...

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Amazon vs Walmart Weekly: Summer Heatwave Brings Retailers’ ESG Efforts to a Boil
Amazon vs Walmart Weekly: Summer Heatwave Brings Retailers’ ESG Efforts to a Boil
July 22, 2022  |  Retail

By this time next week, we will know how Amazon performed in the second quarter, as the eCommerce leader is set to report its latest...

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AT&T Dials Up Latest Sign of Distress for Paycheck-to-Paycheck Economy
AT&T Dials Up Latest Sign of Distress for Paycheck-to-Paycheck Economy
July 21, 2022  |  Connected Economy

The latest sign of turbulence and stress in the paycheck-to-paycheck economy comes not from the housing sector, not from credit card issuers or BNPL, but...

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Google Starts a 2-Week Hiring Freeze
Google Starts a 2-Week Hiring Freeze
July 20, 2022  |  Google

Tech giant Google is pausing its hiring for two weeks, according to a report Wednesday (July 20) from The Information. Get the Full Story Complete...

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An ROI Model to Steer the Ship During an Economic Storm
An ROI Model to Steer the Ship During an Economic Storm
July 20, 2022  |  Opinion

Routable Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Tom Harel writes in the PYMNTS eBook “Baseline 2022: What the Next Six Months Holds” that payments companies can...

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Shrinkflation on the Menu Sparks Unsavory Yelp Reviews
Shrinkflation on the Menu Sparks Unsavory Yelp Reviews
July 20, 2022  |  Economy

Reviewers on Yelp have a bitter taste in their mouths and are taking to the social site as meal sizes shrink amid rising costs for everything and...

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