The K Shaped Conundrum: A Tale of Two Americas and the Inflation It Fuels Recent findings from the Bank of America Institute reveal a disturbing trend in consumer spending, highlighting the widening chasm between high income Americans and those struggling to make ends meet.
Households in the top 10% income bracket are dropping nearly as much money on discretionary items as the bottom 70% combined.
The data, which examines spending patterns from 2023, paints a stark picture of economic inequality. The top 10% of pretax earners account for an astonishing 36.