Published: Nov. 1, 2023 at 2:48 p.m. ET
Data show that Americans haven’t stopped spending. So why do they also say they’re cutting back on holiday travel and still living paycheck to paycheck?
The holidays are one of the year’s busiest spending seasons — but it’s unclear how much money Americans might be willing to shell out this year.
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As the busiest spending season of the year approaches, consumers are giving some mixed signals on how good they feel about their own finances heading into the holidays.
Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they are living paycheck to paycheck, according to a new report from LendingClub LC and PYMNTS. That number is pretty much unchanged from last year — but the proportion of high-income consumers who say they’re counting on payday has ticked upward since 2022, and 44% of the survey’s respondents said they have less capacity…
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