New Reality Check: The Paycheck-To-Paycheck Report

NEW DATA: Two-Thirds of Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Faced Financial Disruption in Last 36 Months
NEW DATA: Two-Thirds of Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Faced Financial Disruption in Last 36 Months
June 27, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

Consumers hailing from all income brackets are feeling mounting pressure from rising inflation and economic uncertainty. PYMNTS’ research finds that 58% of United States consumers...

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Report: 36% of Consumers Earning $250K+ Now Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck
Report: 36% of Consumers Earning $250K+ Now Live Paycheck-to-Paycheck
June 01, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

With inflation driving up costs everywhere, consumers in all income brackets — including those who make more than $250,000 annually — live paycheck to paycheck....

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NEW REPORT: Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers 3x as Likely to Take On Credit Card Debt
NEW REPORT: Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers 3x as Likely to Take On Credit Card Debt
May 02, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

Mounting inflationary pressures continue to weigh on United States consumers’ economic prospects, even as pandemic restrictions continued to lift in late March 2022. The U.S....

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Why Half of All High-Income US Consumers Are Feeling the Cash Flow Crunch
Why Half of All High-Income US Consumers Are Feeling the Cash Flow Crunch
April 04, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

Though the immediate threat of the pandemic began to thaw in late February in the United States, mounting inflationary risks weighed on consumers’ economic prospects....

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Nearly Half of High-Income Earners Now Live Paycheck to Paycheck
Nearly Half of High-Income Earners Now Live Paycheck to Paycheck
March 03, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

As the pandemic continued to weigh on the economy in the early months of 2022, the United States government reported that in­flation climbed to 7.5%...

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Paycheck-to-​Paycheck Ranks Swell as Rising Prices Erode Savings
Paycheck-to-​Paycheck Ranks Swell as Rising Prices Erode Savings
February 09, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

Even with pandemic-induced job losses on the rebound, the current economic environment has grown more complicated as the health crisis continues. While the United States...

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