In economics, there’s often a bifurcation when it comes to data — the difference between what the headlines tell us and what the wallet feels....
Inflation may be waning, but Americans aren’t seeing much relief when paying for medical care. Employer-sponsored health insurance costs climbed 7% for the second year...
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Tuesday (Oct. 8) that regulators in the U.S. and the U.K. have made it difficult for companies to go public....
In the ongoing battle for grocery shelf space, consumers are increasingly seeking value. Grocers are eager to meet this demand, while also capitalizing on the...
As the holiday shopping season approaches, retailers are rolling out early sales strategies to capture consumer spending against a backdrop of economic uncertainty. With inflation...
Consumers pulled back a bit on their spending increases in August, notching the slowest growth since the beginning of the year. The latest data from...
The latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Consumer Expenditures underscores what PYMNTS Intelligence has found for months: Food and shelter, among the...
For lower-income consumers, the most vulnerable subset of the paycheck-to-paycheck economy, the outlook is, in a word … gloomy. As measured in the latest reading...
The Federal Reserve’s long-awaited interest-rate cut arrived Wednesday (Sept. 18). The move to lower interest rates by 50 basis points marks a pivotal moment in...