{
  "id": 14154425,
  "title": "Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Are Running Out of Expenses to Cut",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/paycheck-to-paycheck-consumers-are-running-out-of-expenses-to-cut",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-13T08:00:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/consumer-finance/2026/paycheck-to-paycheck-consumers-running-out-of-expenses-to-cut/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For millions of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, the hardest part of managing money may be reaching the point where there is nothing left to cut. New PYMNTS Intelligence research finds that consumers with no room to reduce essential spending are far more likely to believe they will never escape the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle, underscoring how […] The post Paycheck-to-Paycheck Consumers Are…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}