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What Pinball Tells Us About Spending in the Post-Tariff World
Consumer Finance // April 07, 2025

It takes a lot to get most people to agree on anything. Even members of the same family have a hard time deciding what movie to watch on a Friday night, what to name the new puppy or what color to paint the living room....

Why the EV Dream May Be Crashing in America
Innovation // March 17, 2025

I have bad news for all of you on the waiting list for the all-electric Maserati MC20 Folgore. It’s been sunset before even seeing daylight. After five years of development, Stellantis (which owns Maserati) decided there wasn’t enough demand to justify production. Even with its...

Who Is the Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumer in America?
Consumer Finance // March 11, 2025

A six-figure income, a house in a nice neighborhood, two cars in the garage and kids in private schools — yet still feeling panicked when an emergency expense hits. And while the Fed once held out $400 as the average emergency expense threshold, that unexpected...

Higher Prices and Fewer Choices: What American Consumers and Small Businesses Think About Tariffs
Consumer Insights // February 19, 2025

The American consumer has been given a crash course in global trade over the last three weeks. On February 1, 2025, President Trump’s announcement of a 25% tariff on goods from Mexico and Canada — coupled with an additional 10% tariff on Chinese imports —...

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