On paper, earning $75,000 to $100,000 a year should place a household squarely in the American middle class. By historic standards, this income range signaled relative stability....
You’d have to go back to the last few seismic shocks to the U.S. economy — the pandemic and the Great Recession — to find...
The slight rise in consumer prices, as February’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Wednesday (March 12) showed, may just be (relative) calm before...
When it comes to payments, the “set it and forget it” option certainly has its allure. Providing card or account details to a provider ensures...
New government data shows American consumer debt continuing to grow. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data released its Quarterly Report on...
Consumers are more confident about the prospects for their household’s financial situation and the stock market than they’ve been in three years. The share of...
The latest data on personal consumption notes that spending is outpacing the growth in disposable income. And as a result, consumers are dipping into savings...
According to PYMNTS Intelligence, 62% of U.S. consumers now live paycheck to paycheck, and that includes 48% of consumers earning more than $100,000 annually. In...