In 2022, the vast majority of struggling consumers with low purchase power in the United States said that the current wave of inflation has heavily impacted their financial situation. Overall, there were few consumers in the U.S. who said they had not felt the impact of rising prices at all.
Share of consumers in the United States who feel their financial situation has been impacted in the past few months in 2022, by consumer category
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The respondents were spread among the different consumer groups as such:
- Struggling with low purchase power (19 percent)
- Struggling with high purchase power (13 percent)
- Pushing on (29 percent)
- Prospering (30 percent)
- Comfortably retired (9 percent)
The source asked consumers what effect rising prices/inflation had on their current financial situation in the past few months.
Percentage points exceeding or just under 100 percent are probably due to rounding.
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Numerator. (April 29, 2022). Share of consumers in the United States who feel their financial situation has been impacted in the past few months in 2022, by consumer category [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322497/consumers-feeling-the-impact-of-inflation-usa/
Numerator. "Share of consumers in the United States who feel their financial situation has been impacted in the past few months in 2022, by consumer category." Chart. April 29, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322497/consumers-feeling-the-impact-of-inflation-usa/
Numerator. (2022). Share of consumers in the United States who feel their financial situation has been impacted in the past few months in 2022, by consumer category. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322497/consumers-feeling-the-impact-of-inflation-usa/
Numerator. "Share of Consumers in The United States Who Feel Their Financial Situation Has Been Impacted in The past Few Months in 2022, by Consumer Category." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322497/consumers-feeling-the-impact-of-inflation-usa/
Numerator, Share of consumers in the United States who feel their financial situation has been impacted in the past few months in 2022, by consumer category Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322497/consumers-feeling-the-impact-of-inflation-usa/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Share of consumers in the United States who feel their financial situation has been impacted in the past few months in 2022, by consumer category [Graph], Numerator, April 29, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1322497/consumers-feeling-the-impact-of-inflation-usa/
