What spending would Americans cut first as gas prices rise?
41%
41% would first cut this spending as gas prices rose: eating out or takeaways.
n = 3,002 Americans · Fielded July 2026 · Cherry Data Signals
Breakdown
Response categories are reproduced as reported; some source breakdowns are partial, and rounded totals may differ from 100%. Dollar thresholds are survey findings. AAA current-price comparisons and calculated headroom are excluded from survey entries; they are time-specific external data.
Methodology
- Sample
- 3,002
- Population
- Americans
- Country
- United States
- Fielded
- July 2026
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- How Gas Prices Affect Household Spending
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (July 2026). "What spending would Americans cut first as gas prices rise?" Survey of 3,002 Americans, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/what-spending-would-americans-cut-first-as-gas-prices-rise
Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.
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