F&I data: Fed LIFE Survey finds consumers more challenged by bills

Tom Akana, senior adviser and research fellow at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's Consumer Finance Institute, presents data from the Philadelphia Fed's LIFE Survey on Oct. 8 during the Auto Finance Summit in Las Vegas. (JOHN HUETTER)

October 16, 2024 03:40 PM

LAS VEGAS — Americans this summer were having a harder time paying bills and feeling greater concern about making ends meet compared with a year earlier, according to a Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia survey.

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