More Americans see better economic days ahead, giving merchants an opening to win purchases that cautious households have put off. That’s one encouraging finding in “Keeping Up Gets Harder: Debt Confidence Falls Among Bill Payers,” the October 2026 PYMNTS Consumer Expectations Index report. Based on a survey of 2,087 U.S. consumers conducted Oct. 1–13, the […]
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