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. When PYMNTS Intelligence surveyed nearly 4,400 U.S. consumers for “New Reality Check: The Paycheck-to-Paycheck Report: Why One-Third of High Earners...
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%, there’s a slight increase in inflation concerns for three to five years ahead, according to the February 2024 Survey of...
European regulators have reportedly increased their focus on anti-competitive behavior among consumer product companies. Last year, competition authorities carried out 26 surprise inspections on consumer companies in the U.K., Switzerland and the European Union, up from 17 in 2022, the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (Feb....
U.S. consumers are feeling more optimistic about their financial conditions and access to credit. That’s according to the January 2024 Survey of Consumer Expectations, released Monday (Feb. 12) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Center for Microeconomic Data. “Perceptions of credit access compared to a year...
March 15, 2024
Call it status quo — and maybe a sense of ennui? The latest, preliminary readings of consumer sentiment for the month of March, issued Friday (March 15) by the University of Michigan, found that things are little changed. The latest calculation came in at 76.5 for the current month, down just a bit from the […]
January 19, 2024
Headed into the new year, consumers are confident about the economy, and about overall trends in inflation. As reported by the University of Michigan’s survey of consumer sentiment, the latest reading...
January 05, 2024
In anticipation of incorporating advertisements on Prime Video, Amazon is also delving into the development of movies and TV series inspired by the Warhammer 40,000 games. On the flip side,...
November 14, 2023
“Dupe, private label, call it what you want, consumers want more,” PYMNTS said in March, and that’s a sentiment that lives on. This is because inflation is highly relevant, much...
March 11, 2024
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%, there’s a slight increase in inflation concerns for three to five years ahead, according to the February 2024 Survey of Consumer Expectations released Monday (March 11) by the Federal Reserve […]
February 18, 2024
European regulators have reportedly increased their focus on anti-competitive behavior among consumer product companies. Last year, competition authorities carried out 26 surprise inspections on consumer companies in the U.K., Switzerland and...
February 12, 2024
U.S. consumers are feeling more optimistic about their financial conditions and access to credit. That’s according to the January 2024 Survey of Consumer Expectations, released Monday (Feb. 12) by the Federal Reserve...
February 02, 2024
Consumer sentiment has reached its highest level since July 2021, with consumers expecting improvements in both inflation and personal incomes. The index reached this level with a 13% month-over-month improvement...
