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Higher Prices Are Splitting Consumers Into Three Camps

Source: PYMNTS.com•October 8, 2026

Americans facing higher bills are taking three different approaches to their paychecks, and the largest group is still holding spending steady or increasing it. That finding helps businesses avoid treating every stretched household as a consumer preparing to stop buying. PYMNTS Intelligence’s “The Fragmented Paycheck:

Americans facing higher bills are taking three different approaches to their paychecks, and the largest group is still holding spending steady or increasing it. That finding helps businesses avoid treating every stretched household as a consumer preparing to stop buying. PYMNTS Intelligence’s “The Fragmented Paycheck:

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