Geography now defines middle-class life as much as income does.Shrinking middle class numbers reveal deeper shifts in how ...

When researchers use an “absolute definition” instead — one that holds purchasing power constant over time — a different ...

More families are moving up into higher income brackets, a new report from the American Enterprise Institute said, throwing cold water on the idea that America's middle class is disappearing because ...

When more families cross into the upper middle class, that's a success. Don't let politicians sabotage upward mobility.

In 1980 middle-class families lived in a world of Atari consoles, rotary phones and station wagons with wood paneling. The median U.S. household income was $21,020, enough to buy a modest home, a ...

We’re pleased to report the American middle class is indeed “hollowing out” — because ever more Americans are earning their ...

Yes, the middle class is hollowing out—because more are rising upward.

President Donald Trump floated the idea for a $2,000 tariff rebate or dividend per American while also noting the stimulus payment would go to "middle income people and lower income people." Here's ...

Economic commentary, published Tuesday by veteran Wall Street strategist David Rosenberg, highlights the “historic divide between household assessments of the economy, labor income and personal income ...

Minority Republicans in the state House of Representatives challenged Democratic lawmakers and Gov. Ned Lamont on Tuesday to rethink their approach toward helping middle-class families struggling with ...