{
  "id": 5385587,
  "title": "Looking at What Used To Be EJ Antoni’s Favorite Household Finances Indicator",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/looking-at-what-used-to-be-ej-antonis-favorite-household-finances",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-03T17:35:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Econbrowser",
    "slug": "econbrowser",
    "url": "https://econbrowser.com/archives/2026/09/looking-at-what-used-to-be-ej-antonis-favorite-household-finances-indicator"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Back at the end of 2024, EJ Antoni was citing the Primerica Household Budget Index as indicator of consumer conditions. A recent study by a major American bank showed over a quarter of middle-income earners are living paycheck to paycheck, even those making over $150k/yr. As households shift to just buying necessities, those prices are […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}