Economic Optimism Gains 3.8 Percentage Points as Shoppers Stay Selective

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by PYMNTS at 03 Nov, 09:00 UTC

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…