The share of families classified as upper-middle class has jumped from 10% in 1979 to 31% in 2024, the report found. For the ...

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

“The middle class is shrinking” might be the assertion of the decade. Progressives and populists alike use it to justify ...

The latest CPI report shows the cost of living rose in December. This is where many households are really feeling the pinch.

In 1980, neither China nor India had much representation in the “global middle class” — people who neither belong to the bottom half of the income distribution nor rank among the top 10% worldwide.

Last week I was catching up with an old mate from university who moved to New York five years ago. We were talking about money the way blokes do when they’ve had a pint, and he mentioned something ...

President Donald Trump's tariff check plan faces uncertainty due to potential legal challenges and questions surrounding its economic viability. Trump has proposed issuing the checks to people of ...

If you had the displeasure of perusing through the social media site formerly known as Twitter over the recent Thanksgiving holiday, you’ve probably witnessed some of the least grateful people in ...

The U.S. government doesn’t officially publish a line called “upper class income.” Instead, most serious conversations about class use income tiers: lower income, middle income, and upper income. One ...

Your dream destinations say more about your economic reality than you probably want to admit. I spent years listening to people talk about where they wanted to travel. Working in luxury hospitality, ...

The good news is that Americans have never been richer. The bad news is that most of them don’t feel like it. There has been tremendous growth in income and wealth in the U.S. in the last half century ...

The good news is that Americans have never been richer. The bad news is that most of them don’t feel like it. There has been tremendous growth in income and wealth in the U.S. in the last half-century ...