Equifax Second Quarter 2026 Market Pulse Index Report Sees First Pause in K-Shaped Economic Widening in Three Years

Equifax® (NYSE: EFX) today released its second quarter 2026 Market Pulse Index, a measure of U.S. consumer financial health derived from anonymized credit, debt, income, and asset data along with VantageScore credit score insights. The Market Pulse Index rose slightly from 60.9 to 61.3, showing marginal improvement from the previous quarter, though the national average still sits just below where it stood a year ago.