Consumers are growing more hesitant to spend following a long stretch of looser spending. That’s according to a Saturday (March 16) report by the Financial...
Call it status quo — and maybe a sense of ennui? The latest, preliminary readings of consumer sentiment for the month of March, issued Friday...
With the news that inflation climbed upward last month, many small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) may find themselves walking a tightrope with even fewer safety nets...
As PYMNTS reported this week, while most U.S. consumers appear untroubled by the prospect of near-term inflation, their anxiety levels rise at the prospect of...
The latest reading on retail sales data from the Census Bureau showed that overall retail sales were up 0.6% month over month, reversing a 1.1% decline...
News this week that inflation inched up slightly in February is bad news for U.S. consumers, but if there’s any consolation, most say they saw it coming. ...
As ongoing economic challenges have continued to affect consumer behavior, PYMNTS Intelligence finds that deal-seeking behavior has long since become mainstream. By the Numbers PYMNTS...
We may have to wait a bit longer for rate cuts. And for the U.S. consumer, inflation’s a stubborn fact of life — volatile, to...
Consumers have a stable short-term inflation outlook but a cautious view for the medium to long term. While near-term inflation expectations are steady at 3.0%,...