Study Finds Most Paycheck-to-Paycheck Households Expect Tariffs to Worsen Financial Strain

The latest round of tariff threats tied to global trade tensions, lobbed this weekend over Greenland, arrives at a moment when millions of U.S. households are already navigating thin financial margins, limited savings and heightened sensitivity to price changes.

For families living paycheck to paycheck (about two-thirds of consumers), even modest cost increases can ripple quickly through household budgets. That backdrop helps explain why tariffs were already on consumers’ radar as the new year began...