Improved income and job security provides modest relief as consumers struggle with energy costs and loss of buying power.

Americans are rethinking how they live as they see their buying power decline. Their adaptation to declining wealth is becoming more evident as they cut back on driving and on major purchases…and increasingly feel that the...

The struggle of consumers to maintain their well-being in an increasingly hostile economy is becoming more difficult. As inflation snowballs, they pull back further from day-to-day spending to slow their eroding financial...

We are now seeing the most massive pullback from spending and buying plans in more than a decade.

Stung by a surge in prices, consumers tighten their pocketbooks. They curb day-to-day spending and postpone buying plans for major purchases.