Primerica Household Budget Index rises to 100.6% in August

• Primerica’s Household Budget Index rose to 100.6% in August, up 0.1% from July.
• Index increased 0.4% from a year earlier, pointing to a modest improvement in middle-income purchasing power.
• Average earned income climbed 0.3% month over month, up 3.3% year over year.
• Headline CPI rose 3.4% in August from a year ago; HBI necessity costs increased 3.7%.

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