Americans have tightened their spending in almost every sector of the economy. From low-ticket items like fast-food meals and shoes to more expensive purchases such as travel and cars, economic pressures have made many consumers more choosy about where and how they spend their money. "Almost half of Americans have been trying to cut back on spending, and many of them [have] seen some kind of financial worry in the past 12 months," Statista Data Journalist Valentine Fourreau wrote on the Statista blog. S ...